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Pyralidae 80a0571 – 5946   Phycitodes mucidella (Ragonot, 1887)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: mucidella Ragonot 1887 (Homoeosoma); Type locality: USA, California. Mexico albatella of authors not not 1887 (Homoeosoma) reliquellum Dyar 1904 (Homoeosoma); Type locality: USA, New Hampshire, Center Harbor Taxonomic Notes: Phycitodes mucidella (Ragonot, 1887) is elevated from subspecies of Phycitodes albatella (now regarded as extralimital to North America) in Neunzig (1997) and includes as a synonym Phycitodes reliquellum (Dyar, 1904) in Scholtens & Hayden in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023).

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. Dyar, H.G., 1904. Additions to the list of North American Lepidoptera. No. 2.. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 6(2): 112. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Neunzig, H. H., 1997. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.4: p. 117; pl. 4.37. order or free PDF Neunzig, H.H., 1997. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae (part). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 15.4: 1-157, order or free PDF 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). Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 26.35m; p. 194. Book Review and ordering Ragonot, E.L., 1887. Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae. Published by the author, Paris, p. 15 - PDF. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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