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Pyralidae 80a0452 – 5901   Tacoma feriella Hulst, 1888

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: feriella Hulst, 1888 (Tacoma) - MONA 1983: 5901; TL: Texas. submedianella Dyar, 1913 (Tacoma); TL: La Peurta, CA. Taxonomic Notes: Tacoma feriella Hulst, 1888 may be a species complex represented at BOLD by BINs BOLD:AAH5146, BOLD:AAH4745, and BOLD:AAH5284.

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) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Dyar, H.G., 1913. Five new North American Pyralidae. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus, 1(3): 34. Heinrich, C., 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin United States National Museum, 207: 178; figs. 37, 425, 912. Hulst, G.D., 1888. New genera and species of Epipaschiae and Phycitidae. Entomologica Americana, 4: 115. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 25.23m; p. 190. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist

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