Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Ornixolinae (subfamily)/  Parectopa (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Braun, 1935
Citation:	Parectopa geraniella new species
Original genus:	Parectopa
Publication:	Braun, A. F. 1935. Notes and new species of Microlepidoptera.
Journal:	Transactions of the American Entomological Society
Volume:	61
Issue:
Pagination:	51–52

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935	Holotype	♂		Holotype 1♂	United States, US	[U.S.A.], Ohio, Scioto County, Bear Creek.
Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935	Paratype	♂	USNM	Paratypes 1♂ and 8♀, of which 1♂ and 6♀ in coll. Braun, 1♀ in ANSP, 1♀ in USNM.	United States, US	[U.S.A.], Ohio, Scioto County, Bear Creek.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935	Canada	Ontario	Pohl, G. R., Landry, J.-F., Schmidt, B. C., Lafontaine, J. D., Troubridge, J. T., Macaulay, A. D., van Nieukerken, E. J., DeWaard, J. R., Dombroskie, J. J., Klymko, J., Nazari, V. & Stead, K. 2018. Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. page 58
Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935	United States, US	Ohio	Braun, A. F. 1935. Notes and new species of Microlepidoptera. page 51
Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935	United States, US	Kentucky	Braun, A. F. 1935. Notes and new species of Microlepidoptera. page 51
Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935	United States, US	Missouri	Braun, A. F. 1939. Notes and new species: Gracilariidae [sic] (Microlepidoptera). page 284

Plant note:

A linear mine, much contorted in the later stages and becoming blotch-like through the confluence of the convolutions (Braun 1935: 51).

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Parectopa geraniella Braun, 1935	Geranium maculatum	Geraneaceae		Braun, A. F. 1935. Notes and new species of Microlepidoptera. page 51

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