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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Pyralidae 80a0065 – 5644   Cacotherapia lecerfialis (Barnes & Benjamin, 1925)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: lecerfialis (Barnes & Benjamin, 1925) (Macrotheca) - MONA 1983: 5644; Holotype: Dixieland, Imperial Co., CA.

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) Barnes, W. & F.H. Benjamin, 1925. A new Pyralid from California, with notes on Decaturia pectinalis B. & McD. (Lepid., Pyralidæ, Macrothecinae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 2(2): 64. Species Page at iNaturalist

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