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4/30/2015 BOLD Systems: Management & Analysis Specimen Identification Request Log In Databases Taxonomy Identification Workbench Resources Specimen Identification Request Print Query: unlabeled_sequence Top Hit: Arthropoda Lepidoptera Choreutis pariana (99.38%) Search Result: The submitted sequence has been matched to Choreutis pariana. This identification is solid unless there is a very closely allied congeneric species that has not yet been analyzed. Such cases are rare. A species page is available for this taxon: Species Page Closest matching BIN (within 3%): BIN Page For a heirarchical placement a neighborjoining tree is provided: Tree Based Identification Identification Summary: Similarity Scores of Top 99 Matches: Probability of Taxonomic Level Taxon Assignment Placement (%) Phylum Arthropoda 100 Class Insecta 100 Order Lepidoptera 100 Family Choreutidae 100 Genus Choreutis 100 Species Choreutis pariana 99.4 TOP 20 Matches : Display option: Top 20 Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Similarity (%) Status Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.38 Early-Release Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.35 Published Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.35 Published Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.34 Published Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.24 Published Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.24 Published Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.24 Private Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.24 Private Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.24 Early-Release Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.24 Published Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.24 Published Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.24 Published Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.24 Published Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.24 Early-Release Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.08 Early-Release Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.08 Early-Release Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.08 Private Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.08 Early-Release Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.05 Early-Release Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Choreutidae Choreutis pariana 99.05 Early-Release Sampling Sites For Top Hits (>98% Match): http://boldsystems.org/index.php/IDS_IdentificationRequest 1/2 4/30/2015 BOLD Systems: Management & Analysis Specimen Identification Request DATABASES RESOURCES ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY PARTNERS Public Data Portal Documentation About Us News & Events iBOL Taxonomy Browser Citing BOLD Contact Us Connect CBOL Publications News and Events CCDB Primers Data Releases GenBank EOL GBIF Copyright © 2014 BOLD Systems. All rights reserved. http://boldsystems.org/index.php/IDS_IdentificationRequest 2/2.

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