Critical evaluation of faunistic data: Three species of monotrysian moths (Eriocraniidae, Prodoxidae and Incurvariidae) erroneously reported from Russia

The published records of Eriocrania chrysolepidella Zeller, 1851, Incurvaria koerneriella (Zeller, 1839) and Lampronia aeneella (Heinemann, 1870) from Chuvash and Karelia Republics in Russia are based on misidentified specimens. This finding, along with earlier reports on the widespread occurrence o...

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Published in:Nota Lepidopterologica
Main Author: Mikhail V. Kozlov
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018
Subjects:
Eriocrania chrysolepidella
Incurvaria koerneriell
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
karelia*
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.41.25420
https://doaj.org/article/1e4fd4d2ef39406e96ccd72319552295
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Summary:The published records of Eriocrania chrysolepidella Zeller, 1851, Incurvaria koerneriella (Zeller, 1839) and Lampronia aeneella (Heinemann, 1870) from Chuvash and Karelia Republics in Russia are based on misidentified specimens. This finding, along with earlier reports on the widespread occurrence of errors, even in the most authoritative works, calls for a critical approach to published data in order to stop spreading and citing false information across future publications.

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