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Cosmopterigidae 59a0399.1 – 1513.1   Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891)              False Pink Bollworm

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Distribution: USA: FL, TX (Hayden 2019). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: simplex (Walsingham, 1891) (Pyroderces)   Type locality: "Bathurst (Gambia) ". flexiloquella (Riedl, 1993) (Amneris) gossypiella (Walsingham, 1906) (Stagmatophora) hemizopha Meyrick, 1916 (Anatrachyntis) repandatella (Legrand, 1966) (Pyroderces) Taxonomic Notes: Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891), a widespread in the Old World species, is now recognized within the North American fauna from Florida, Hayden in Dixon & Anderson (2015), Tri-ology, 54(5): 6.

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. Dixon, W.N. & P.J. Anderson (Editors), 2015. Anatrachyntis simplex, false pink bollworm, a new Western Hemisphere record. Tri-ology, 54(5): 6. Hayden, J.E., 2019. Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham) in Florida and Texas, with diagnostic notes (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). Southern Lepidopterists’ News, 41(3): 194-197. Walsingham, L.T.d.G., 1891. African Micro-Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1891: 119; pl. 6, fig. 58.

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