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Laetilia? possibly the elusive
Copyright © 2019 Paul De Ley

Laetilia? possibly the elusive "L. huntii"? - Alberada candida - Male
Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center, San Bernardino County, California, USA
September 30, 2018
Could this possibly be the "intense white and ocherous" California variant of Laetilia coccidivori that caused Heinrich 1956 to speculate that "quadricolorella" might not just be a synonym of coccidivori, or that it might be the same as "huntii" instead? I don't have access to Neunzig 1997 and Cockerell's original proposal of huntii is so vague as to be applicable to almost all of the nearctic species of Laetilia...

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Laetilia? possibly the elusive Laetilia? possibly the elusive
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Contributed by Paul De Ley on 24 August, 2019 - 6:41pm
Last updated 20 April, 2023 - 5:13pm

Moved, Alberada candida (male)
Moved from Laetilia. Note that the fascicle is now freely available online as a PDF.
… Aaron Hunt, 20 April, 2023 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phycitini.
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