Protasia nr. mirabilicornella

These specimens may represent an undescribed species near Protasia mirabilicornella , which was described from San Diego. The pinned specimens shown here are misidentified on BOLD as Eumysia fuscatella , which they do not closely resemble in maculation; unfortunately, none have been barcoded. Two of the P. mirabilicornella on BOLD have partial sequences. One, from a paratype, is only 31.5% complete. The other , from a female collected in the Channel Islands off of Los Angeles, is 69.6% complete; its closest match, at 99.3%, is to a specimen from the Los Angeles area with a 95.9% complete sequence. The latter specimen is identified on BOLD as Eumysia sp., and the upper surfaces of its forewings are completely obscured, so it may be a Protasia . The next closest matches to the Channel Islands Protasia , ranging from 97.36% to 96.04%, are to five specimens identified as three Eumysia species; the remainder of the top 100 nearest sequences range from 94.71% to 95.51% alignment and are of various Phycitinae, including Macrorrhinia and Davara . The Los Angeles Eumysia nested within the rest of Eumysia in a phylogenetic tree of the genus generated through BOLD, suggesting the two genera should be synonymized unless there is substantial divergence between the two specimens within the missing portion of the sequence of the Protasia .