Elachistidae
59a1391 –
1089 Elachista adempta
Braun, 1948
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Synonymy: |
adempta Braun, 1948 (Elachista) - MONA 1983: 1089; TL: Spanish Bar, CO.albella (Chambers, 1875) (Laverna) preocc. - MONA 1983: 1424 & 1088
Note: Secondary junior homonym of Tinea albella Müller, 1776). This synonym was listed twice in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023) (Checklist), as "albella (Chambers, 1875) (Laverna)" and as "albella (Chambers, 1880) (Neaera), the later actually referring to a new combination, not a new species. It was also erroneously listed as a valid species twice in Hodges et al., (1983 (Checklist), as "Elachista albella (Cham., 1875)" and as "Mompha albella (Cham., 1875)". (Pohl & Nanz 2025) |
Taxonomic Notes: |
Elachista adempta Braun, 1948 is a replacement name for albella Chambers, 1875 (Laverna) (preoccupied). |
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References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.) |
- Barcode of Life (BOLD)
- Braun, A.F., 1948. Elachistidae of North America (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 13: 43; figs. 71, 71a, 120.
- Chambers, V.T., 1875. Tineina of Colorado. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, 2(4): 295.
- Chambers, V.T., 1880. Illustrations of the neuration of the wings of American Tineina. The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 2(4): 196, 199; fig 40. (Neaera albella)
- Dyar, H.G., 1902. A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 52: 541. (Mompha albella)
- Kaila, L., 1997. A revision of the nearctic species of Elachista s.l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 206: 1-93.
- Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz, 2025. Corrections to the 2023 “Annotated Taxonomic Checklist Of The Lepidoptera Of North America, North Of Mexico”. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79(2): 104-116.
- Species Page at iNaturalist
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