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Cosmopterigidae 59a0315 – 1609   Stilbosis tesquella Clemens, 1860

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: tesquella Clemens, 1860 (Stilbosis) - MONA 1983: 1609; TL: "None given. [Pennsylvania ?]" (Hodges 1978). quinquecristatella ([various], [no date]) (Laverna) missp. quinquicristatella (Chambers, 1881) (Laverna); TL: Amherst, MA. tesquatella; Chambers, 1878 (Stilbosis) missp.; TL: (no type).

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) Chambers, V.T., 1880. New species of Tineina. The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 3(4): 293. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Hodges, R. W., 1978. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.1, p. 121; pl. 5.35-36. order or free PDF Hodges, R.W., 1964. A review of the North American moths of the family Walshiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Proceedings of the United States National Museum., 115(3485): 310. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist Walsingham, L.T.d.G., 1882. Notes on Tineidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 10: 197.

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