Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anacampsis fullonella (Zeller, 1873)
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(2)
Gelechia (Ceratophora?) fullonella Zeller, 1873
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Gelechia rufusella Chambers, 1874
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(2)
Gelechia subruberella Chambers, 1874
(4),
(2)
Gelechia bidiscomaculella Chambers, 1874
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Menesta rubescens Walsingham, 1881
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Phylogenetic sequence #420478.00
Identification
Adult - forewing pale yellowish or tan in basal half, shading to orangish-brown in distal half; four indistinct dots in basal two-thirds of wing; dark brownish-gray scales in terminal area; fringe brown; hindwing gray with long fringe of hairlike scales.
Remarks
Type specimens: Texas, 20-21 August (
Belfrage).
(3)See Also
Anacampsis lacteusochrella forewing has dark spots in terminal area and less extensive dark shading in distal half of wing (see this and other related species by
SangMi Lee at MPG)
Print References
Zeller, P.C., 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23:
276.
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