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Species Naera fuscocristatella - Hodges#1767

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Tribe Gelechiini
Genus Naera
Species fuscocristatella (Naera fuscocristatella - Hodges#1767)
Hodges Number
1767
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Naera fuscocristatella Chambers, 1875
Range
"Waco and Basque Co.", TX.
Print References
The type locality of Naera fuscocristatella is "Waco and Basque Co.” BOLD BIN group BOLD:AAI3303 contains one MEM specimen from MS, identified as fuscocristatella presumably by Sangmi Lee, and one CNC specimen from FL, identified only to genus. The nearest neighbor to BOLD:AAI3303 is BOLD:ACL1953 with several CNC specimens from southeastern AZ identified as “Sophronia” by J-F Landry. The BINs are separated by 3% and would seem to represent two species in the same genus. The AZ specimens do not appear to be separable by photo from fuscocristatella. While it is possible that they may represent true fuscocristatella, MPG assumes that the MEM specimen in BOLD:AAI3303 is correctly identified, and therefore regards the AZ BIN as representing as a cryptic, possibly undescribed species. (Steve Nanz 2023)
Internet References
BIN: BOLD:AAI3303 ("true" fuscocristatella) (2)
BIN: BOLD:ACL1953 (N. nr. fuscocristatella from AZ) (2)