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Pterophoridae
63a0107.3 – 6206   Hellinsia angustus (Walsingham, 1880)
             Straw-colored Plume Moth
Distribution Data for Hellinsia angustus
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Synonymy:
  • angustus Walsingham 1880 (Lioptilus) - MONA 1983: 6206; Type locality: Mount Shasta, CA
  • Taxonomic Notes: Hellinsia angustus (Walsingham, 1880), rev. stat. (Matthews in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), was treated as a synonym of Hellinsia pectodactylus (Staudinger, 1859) in Gielis (2003).
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) (pectodactylus) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Gielis, C., 1993. Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 290: 1-139.
    • Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Staudinger, O., 1859. Diagnosen nebst kurzen Beschreibungen neuer andalusischer Lepidopteren. Entomologische Zeitung, 20: 258.
    • Walsingham, L.T.d.G., 1880. Pterophoridae of California and Oregon. John Van Voorst, London, 1881: 41 (stramineus), 43 (angustus).
    Hellinsia angustus
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