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Crambidae 80a1478.1n – 5445.1   Thaumatopsis mayelisae Landry, 2025

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Distribution: USA: western TX (possibly an endemic of the Chihuahuan Desert). Description/ Field Marks: Males have have strongly pectinate antennae; females with shortly pectinate antennae (Landry 2025). Similar Species: 80a1478 Thaumatopsis repandus: Best separated by genitalia. 80a1479 Thaumatopsis crenulatella: Males have crenulate antennae, heavily ciliated and without pectination; females have serrate antennae. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: mayelisae Landry, 2025 (Thaumatopsis) - MONA 1983: 5445; Holotype: Chihuahuan Desert near Nugent Mnt., Big Bend National Park, TX Taxonomic Notes: Thaumatopsis mayelisae (Landry, 2025), n. sp.,

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) - BIN: BOLD:AAZ7137 (one of two BIN groups associated with repandus Grote; possibly mayelisae Landry, 2025 or an undescribed species) Landry, B., 2025. A review of the Thaumatopsis species of the Bolterellus group with descriptions of two new species (Crambidae, Crambinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79(2): 96.

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