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Millieriidae 37a0001 – 2626.1   Phormoestes palmettovora Heppner, 1982

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: palmettovora Heppner, 1982 (Phormoestes) Taxonomic Notes: Phormoestes palmettovora Heppner, 1982, n. sp., Smithsonian Contributions To Zoology, v. 370, p. 1-27.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Heppner, J.B., 1982. Millieriinae, a new subfamily of Choreutidae, with new taxa from Chile and the United States (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 370: 1-27. Heppner, J.B., 2010. Nearctic Metalmark Moths, 1. Genus Phormoestes (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae: Millieriinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 3(2): 119-124. Rota, J., 2011. Data partitioning in Bayesian analysis: molecular phylogenetics of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae). Systematic Entomology, 36(2): 317-329. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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