Gelechiidae
59a0792.1 –
1876 Xenolechia quinquecristatella
(Chambers, 1878)
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| Taxonomic: Notes |
Xenolechia quinquecristatella (Chambers, 1878): Busck (1903:785) questioned the validity of quinquecristatella, stating that both he and Meyrick believed that the USNM specimen's of quinquecristatella, identified by Walsingham, were referable to aethiops. However, as the host plant of aethiops was not known to occur in NA, Busck retained the two as separate species. But then Meyrick (1925:69) subsequently included quinquecristatella as a synonym of Xenolechia aethiops (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845). Hodges (in Hodges et al. 1983) treated quinquecristatella as a valid species, but it not clear why. However, Lee & Brown (2008) likewise treated them as separate noting different host plants. Then Lee et al. (2009) erroneously treated the two as synonyms, citing Heppner (2003), who made no mention of either species. Correcting the error in Lee et al. (2009), Lee & Landry (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) listed quinquecristatella as a full species with identity uncertain. |
| Synonymy: |
quinquecristatella (Chambers, 1878) (Gelechia) ident. uncert. - MONA 1983: 1876; TL: Texas.
Note: n. comb. (Hodges in Hodges et al. 1983). |
| Host Plants: |
Vaccinium sp. L. (Lee & Brown 2008). |
| Similar : Species |
- 59a0788 Xenolechia aethiops
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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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.) |
- Busck, A., 1903. A Revision of the American Moths of the Family Gelechiidae, with Descriptions of New Species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 25(1304): 785.
- Chambers, V.T., 1878. Descriptions of new Tineina from Texas, and others from more northern localities. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4(3): 88.
- Lee, S. & R.L. Brown, 2008. Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 1818: 1-55. (PDF or read online)
- Meyrick, E., 1925. Lepidoptera Heterocera - Fam. Gelechiadae. Genera Insectorum, 184: 69.
- Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order). (PDF (no fee) or order book)
- Species Page at iNaturalist
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