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Cedestis Moth - Cedestis sp-one

Cedestis Moth - Cedestis sp-one
In Westwood by outdoor night light; elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
September 18, 2006
Size: Head to wingtips ~ 13mm
This moth represents a new fourth genus, 'Cedestis' for the family Ypsolophidae in North America.

ID for this specimen to genus Cedestis was provided by BOLD Systems via DNA. A species match was not made.

Please see the Cedestis Genus page at BOLD Systems here (includes a range map showing locations of N. American specimens)

And here for BOLD's A. packardaria Public Data Portal - BIN Page.
And here for this specimen's Record Page at BOLD Systems.

Moved
Moved from Ypsolophidae.

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