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Pyralidae 80a0126 – 5719   Myelopsis minutulella (Hulst, 1887)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: minutulella (Hulst, 1887) (Dioryctria) emend.   Type locality: Texas. coniella (Ragonot, 1887) (Myelois) minutularia (Hulst, 1887) (Dioryctria) orig. missp. nefas (Dyar, 1922) (Rampylla) Taxonomic Notes: Myelopsis minutulella (Hulst, 1887) is restored as the valid name. This species was erroneously listed in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist) as "5719 minutularia (Hulst, 1887)" with "minutulella (Hulst, 1890)" as a synonym. Originally described as "minutularia", the spelling was changed to "minutulella" on the corrections page of same work.

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. Hulst, G.D., 1887. New species of Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana, 3: 136, [244] (Errors and Corrections). Hulst, G.D., 1890. The Phyctidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 17: 118. Neunzig, H. H., 1990. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.3, p. 34; pl. 2.1-4. order or free PDF Ragonot, E.L., 1887. Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae. Published by the author, Paris, p. 3 - PDF. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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