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Box: 55 Cork: 7

Zygaenidae  Chalcosia pectinicornis (L.)* [det. J.D. Weintraub]

From:  China  Guangdong  Original Locality Data: CHINA: Canton [= Guangzhou, Guangdong Prov.]
Peale's Identification: Callimorpha tiberina (or Thalbo)
Measurements: FWL = 24.1 mm Comments: *The species C. pectinicornis (L., 1758), C. suffusa Leech, 1898 and C. nympha Moore, 1898 show no prominent differences in genitalic morphology and it is uncertain at present whether there is a single phenotypcially variable species or a complex of crypt

Specimen 7 in Peale Box 55,
Box 55 data: "Chinese Moths; 55; 7 "_______"_______Canton" [= Guangzhou] Canton [=Guangzhou] China Mounted: n.d.

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