Moth Photographers Group – Peoria gematella

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Pyralidae

80a0585 – 6048 Peoria gematella (Hulst, 1887)

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Genitalia:	See Shaffer (1968)
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	gematella (Hulst, 1887) (Spermatophthora) emend. - MONA 1983: 6048; TL: Illinois. bistriatella (Hulst, 1890) (Cayuga) gemmatella; (McDunnough, 1939) (Pectinigeria) missp.; TL: (no type). gemmatilla; (Hulst, 1887) (Spermatophthora) orig. missp.; TL: Illinois. pamponerella (Dyar, 1908) (Pectinigera [sic])
Taxonomic Notes:	Peoria gematella (Hulst, 1887) is restored as the valid name. Originally described as "gemmatilla", the spelling was changed to "gematella" on the corrections page of same work. This species was misspelled as "gemmatella" in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist) and McDunnough (1939).

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) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
Hulst, G.D., 1887. New species of Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana, 3: 134, [244] (Errors and Corrections).
McDunnough, J.H., 1939. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America, part 2, Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Science, 2(1): 35.
Shaffer, J.C., 1968. A revision of the Peoriinae and Anerastiinae (auctorum) of America North of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 280: 22; figs. 7, 76, 111, 149.
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