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Crambidae 80a0854 – 5131   Choristostigma perpulchralis (Hampson, 1899)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: perpulchralis Hampson 1899 (Ischnurges) - MONA 1983: 5131; Type locality: Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico chromaphila Munroe 1983 (Choristostigma) misappl. chromophila Dyar 1914 (Ischnurges); Type locality: Tehuacan, Mexico microchroia Dyar 1916 (Ischnurges)

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. Hampson, G.F., 1899. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae. Part II. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1899(1): 188. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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