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Pyralidae 800509 – 5987.1 – Ozamia clarefacta Dyar, 1919

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Ozamia clarefacta (Dyar, 1919), formerly treated as a subspecies of Ozamia fuscomaculella (Wright, 1916), is raised to full species status, apparently based on color and range, in Neunzig (1997). However, the two apparently cannot be separated by DNA barcode supporting the treatment. Heinrich (1956) treated clarefacta as a "variety (or race)" of fuscomaculella.

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Heinrich, C., 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin United States National Museum, 207: 258. Neunzig, H. H., 1997. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.4: p. 42; pl. 2.5. order or free PDF Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist

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