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Palpula variegella Blan chard, 1852, in Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile, 

 Zoologia, vol. 7, p. 108. [New synonymy.] 



Although tessellatella has long been recognized, variegella has never 

 been associated with it. The type of variegella is badly covered with 

 mold and is superficially unrecognizable, but it was possible to obtain 

 an adequate preparation of the genitalia to insure identification. The 

 specimen is a male, and there is no doubt about the synonymy. 



Male genitalia figured from slide JFGC no. 11262. 



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