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Pyralidae 80a0368 – 5859.2   Dioryctria fordi Donahue & Neunzig, 2005

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: fordi Donahue & Neunzig, 2005 (Dioryctria) - MONA 1983: [NEW in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)]; Holotype: California, Kern Co., Wofford Hts., Lake Isabella. Taxonomic Notes: Dioryctria fordi Donahue & Neunzig, 2005, n. sp., Holarctic Lepidoptera, 10(1-2): 36; figs. 2, 6-8. Although Donahue & Neunzig (2005) was published subsequent to Neunzig (2002), the use of this name in the latter is unavailable for not complying with ICZN Articles 16.1 and 72.3 and is therefore nomen nudum (Pohl & Nanz 2025).

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) Donahue J.P. & H.H. Neunzig, 2003 (2005). Two new Dioryctria from California (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae). Holarctic Lepidoptera, 10(1-2): 33-36. Heppner, J.B., 2023. New Dioryctria from Southern California (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 16(2): 135; Fig. 8-9, 16, 22, 28, 33, 35-36, 45. Neunzig, H. H., 2003. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5, p. 192; pl. 7.25. order or free PDF Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz, 2025. Corrections to the 2023 “Annotated Taxonomic Checklist Of The Lepidoptera Of North America, North Of Mexico”. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79(2): 104-116. Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at iNaturalist

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