Illinois Insect Species in Greatest Need of Conservation

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Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Pseudanophthalmus
illinoisensis Barr & Peck 1966
= Illinois cave beetle
Cicindelidae
Cicindela
ancocisconensis
= a tiger beetle
Psephenidae
Dicranopselaphus
variegatus Horn 1880
= variegated false water penny beetle
Silphidae
Nicrophorus
americanus Olivier 1790
= American burying beetle
Staphylinidae
Rimulincola
divalis
Ephemeroptera
Acathametropodidae
Acanthametropus
pecatonica
= Pecatonica River mayfly
Baetidae
Camelobaetidius
waltzi
= a mayfly
Centroptilum
walshi
= a mayfly
Cloeon
cognatum
= a mayfly
Plauditus
veteris
= a mayfly
Procloeon
irrubrum
= a mayfly
mendax
= a mayfly
quaesitum
= a mayfly
simplex
= a mayfly
Ephemerellidae
Serratella
frisoni
= Frison's serratellan mayfly
Heptageniidae
Heptagenia
patoka
= a mayfly
Leptophlebiidae
Paraleptophlebia
sticta
= a mayfly
Oligoneuriidae
Homoeoneuria
ammophila
= a sand-filtering mayfly
Siphlonuridae
Siphlonurus
marshalli
= a mayfly
Hemiptera
Aphrophoridae
Paraphilaenus
parallelus Stearns 1918
= a froghopper
Caliscelidae
Aphelonema
Nenema
histrionica Stål 1862
= a planthopper
= Peltonotellus histrionicus
Bruchomorpha
extensa Ball 1935
= a planthopper
jocosa Stål 1862
oculata Newman 1838
tristis Stål 1862
Fitchiella
robertsoni Fitch 1856
= a planthopper
Cicadellidae
Aflexia
rubranura DeLong 1935
= redveined prairie leafhopper
Amblysellus
acuerus DeLong & Hamilton 1974
Athysanella
balli Osborn 1928
incongrua Baker 1898
Attenuipyga
vanduzeei Osborn & Ball 1898
= a leafhopper
Auridius
helvus DeLong 1926
= a leafhopper
Chlorotettix
dentatus Sanders & DeLong 1923
= a leafhopper
fumidus Sanders & DeLong 1919
= a leafhopper
limosus DeLong & Cartwright 1926
= a leafhopper
nudatus Ball 1900
Cicadula
cyperacea Osborn 1898
ornata Melichar 1900
= straminea Sanders & DeLong 1917
Commellus
cedilla Hamilton 1995
= a leafhopper
colon Osborn & Ball 1897
= a leafhopper
comma Van Duzee 1892
Cosmotettix
beirnei Ross & Hamilton 1975
= a leafhopper
bilineatus Gillette & Baker 1895
= a leafhopper
delector Gillette & Baker 1898
= a leafhopper
luteocephalus Sanders & DeLong 1927
= a leafhopper
Cuerna
alpina Oman & Beamer 1944
= a leafhopper
Daltonia
estacada Ball 1911
Deltella
decisa DeLong 1926
= a leafhopper
Deltocephalus
gnarus Ball 1900
= a leafhopper
Destria
fumida Sanders & DeLong 1917
= a leafhopper
Draeculacephala
inscripta Van Duzee 1915
= a leafhopper
paludosa Ball & China 1933
= a leafhopper
Extrusanus
oryssus Hamilton 1995
Flexamia
abbreviata Osborn & Ball 1897
= a leafhopper
albida Osborn & Ball 1897
= a leafhopper
areolata Ball 1899
atlantica DeLong 1926
= a leafhopper
grammica Ball 1900
= a leafhopper
pectinata Osborn & Ball 1897
pyrops Crumb 1915
= Long-nosed Three-awn Leafhopper
Graminella
aureovittata Sanders & DeLong 1920
oquaka DeLong 1937
Hebecephalus
signatifrons Van Duzee 1892
= a leafhopper
Kansendria
kansiensis Tuthill 1930
= a leafhopper
Laevicephalus
minimus Osborn & Ball 1897
= a leafhopper
peronatus Ross & Hamilton 1972
= a leafhopper
pravus DeLong 1937
= a leafhopper
Limotettix
elegans Hamilton 1994
nigrax Medler 1943
parallelus Van Duzee 1891
= a leafhopper
pseudosphagneticus Hamilton 1994
= a leafhopper
truncatus Sleesman 1929
= a leafhopper
Lonatura
catalina Osborn & Ball 1898
= a leafhopper
Macrosteles
potorius Ball 1900
= a leafhopper
Memnonia
panzeri Hamilton 2000
= a leafhopper
Mesamia
straminea Osborn 1898
= Helianthus Leafhopper
Paraphlepsius
altus Osborn & Ball 1897
= a leafhopper
carolinus Lathrop 1917
= a leafhopper
electus DeLong 1938
= a leafhopper
humidus Van Duzee 1892
= a leafhopper
incisus Van Duzee 1892
= a leafhopper
lascivius Ball 1900
= a leafhopper
lobatus Osborn 1898
lupalus Hamilton 1975
= a leafhopper
maculosus Osborn 1923
= Peppered Paraphlepsius Leafhopper
nebulosus Van Duzee 1892
= a leafhopper
rossi DeLong 1938
= a leafhopper
solidaginis Walker 1851
= a leafhopper
texanus Baker 1898
= Texas Prairie Leafhopper
truncatus Van Duzee 1892
umbellatus Hamilton 1975
= a leafhopper
umbrosus Sanders & DeLong 1917
= a leafhopper
Pendarus
magnus Osborn & Ball 1897
= a leafhopper
punctiscriptus Van Duzee 1892
Polyamia
compacta Osborn & Ball 1897
dilata DeLong 1937
= a leafhopper
herbida DeLong 1935
= a leafhopper
interrupta DeLong 1916
= a leafhopper
obtecta Osborn & Ball 1898
= a leafhopper
rossi DeLong 1937
= a leafhopper
similaris DeLong & Davidson 1935
= a leafhopper
Prairiana
cinerea Uhler 1877
= a leafhopper
Rosenus
cruciatus Osborn & Ball 1898
= a leafhopper
Scaphytopius
abbreviatus DeLong 1917
= a leafhopper
cinereus Osborn & Ball 1897
= a leafhopper
dorsalis Ball 1909
= a leafhopper
magdalensis Provancher 1889
= a leafhopper
rubellus Sanders & DeLong 1919
Spangbergiella
quadripunctata Lawson 1932
Streptanus
aemulans Kirschbaum 1868
Stroggylocephalus
mixtus Say 1825
= a leafhopper
Texananus
cumulatus Ball 1900
= a leafhopper
decorus Osborn & Ball 1897
= a leafhopper
Xerophloea
major Baker
peltata Uhler
= a leafhopper
Cicadidae
Diceroprocta
vitripennis Say 1830
= green-winged scrub cicada
Okanagana
balli Davis 1919
= prairie cicada
Tibicen
dorsatus Say 1825
= giant grassland cicada
Delphacidae
Delphacodes
sagae Beamer 1946
Dictyopharidae
Phylloscelis
pallescens Germar 1839
Hymenoptera
Bombidae
Bombus
affinis Cresson 1863
= Rusty-patched Bumble Bee
borealis Kirby 1837
= Northern Amber Bumble Bee
fraternus Smith 1854
= Southern Plains Bumble Bee
pensylvanicus De Geer 1773
= American Bumble Bee
ternarius Say 1837
= Tri-colored Bumble Bee
terricola Kirby 1837
= Yellowbanded Bumble Bee
vagans Smith 1854
= Half-black Bumble Bee
variabilis Cresson 1872
= Variable Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Lepidoptera
Acrolepiidae
Acrolepiopsis
leucoscia Meyrick 1927
= a moth
Arctiidae
Pygarctia
spraguei Grote 1875
= Sprague's pygarctia
Choreutidae
Tebenna
silphiella Grote 1881
= rosinweed moth
Cosmopterygidae
Triclonella
determinatella Zeller 1873
Gelechiidae
Anacampsis
wikeri Harrison 2013
Aristotelia
elegantella Chambers 1874
Stegasta
bosqueella Chambers 1875
= rednecked peanutworm
Geometridae
Apodrepanulatrix
liberaria Walker 1860
= an inch worm moth
Cyclophora
pendulinaria Guenée 1858
= sweetfern geometer
Digrammia
eremiata Guenée 1858
= Semiothisa eremiata
= three-lined angle moth
ordinata Walker 1862
= an inch worm moth
Erastria
coloraria Fabricius 1798
= an inch worm moth
Euchlaena
milnei McDunnough 1945
= a geometrid moth
Itame
Petrophora
subaequaria Walker 1860
= an inch worm moth
Semiothisa
Hesperiidae
Amblyscirtes
aesculapius Fabricius 1773
= lace-winged roadside-skipper
carolina Skinner 1892
= Carolina roadside skipper
linda Freeman 1943
= Linda's roadside-skipper
reversa Jones 1973
= reversed roadside-skipper
Atrytone
arogos Boisduval and Le Conte 1837
= arogos skipper
Atrytonopsis
hianna Scudder 1868
= dusted skipper
Erynnis
icelus Scudder and Burgess 1870
= dreamy duskywing
lucilius Scudder and Burgess 1870
= columbine duskywing
martialis Scudder 1870
= mottled duskywing
persius Scudder 1863
= Perseus duskywing
Euphyes
bimacula Grote & Robinson 1867
= two-spotted skipper
dion Edwards 1879
dukesi Lindsey 1923
= Duke's skipper
niveilinea
Hesperia
attalus Edwards 1871
= dotted skipper
dacotae Skinner 1919
= Dakota skipper
leonardus Harris 1862
= Leonard's skipper
metea Scudder 1864
= cobweb skipper
ottoe Edwards 1866
= ottoe skipper
sassacus Harris 1862
= Indian skipper
Oarisma
powesheik Parker 1870
= Powesheik skipperling
Poanes
viator Edwards 1865
= broad-winged skipper
Problema
byssus Edwards 1880
= Byssus skipper
Lycaenidae
Callophrys
irus Godart 1824
= frosted elfin
polios Cook & Watson 1907
= hoary elfin
Glaucopsyche
lygdamus Doubleday 1841
= silvery blue
Lycaeides
melissa samuelis Nabokov 1944
= Karner blue butterfly
= Plebejus melissa samuelis
Lycaena
helloides Boisduval 1852
= purplish copper
xanthoides Boisduval 1852
= great copper
Satyrium
edwardsii Grote & Robinson 1867
= a butterfly
Noctuidae
Abagrotis
orbis Grote 1876
= well-marked cutworm moth
Acontia
lactipennis Harvey 1875
= an owlet moth
= Tarache lactipennis
= Tarachidia lactipennis
Acronicta
tritona Hübner 1818
= Triton dagger moth
Agrotis
stigmosa Morrison 1874
= spotted dart moth
Apamea
Agroperina
lutosa Andrews 1877
= opalescent Apamea
Crymodes
relicina Morrison 1875
= a noctuid moth
alia Guenée 1852
= a noctuid moth
impulsa Guenée 1852
= a noctuid moth
indocilis Walker 1856
= ignorant Apamea moth
lignicolora Guenée 1852
= wood-colored Apamea moth
Archanara
laeta Morrison 1875
= Capsula laeta
= red sedge borer
subflava Grote 1882
= Capsula subflava
= yellow sedge borer
Bagisara
gulnare Strecker 1880
= an owlet moth
Calyptra
canadensis Bethune 1865
= Canadian owlet moth
Capis
curvata Grote 1882
= curved halter moth
Caradrina
meralis Morrison 1875
= Platyperigea (Caradrina) meralis
= rare sand quaker moth
Catocala
abbreviatella Grote 1872
= abbreviated underwing moth
amestris Strecker 1874
= three-staff underwing
antinympha Hübner 1823
= sweetfern underwing
atocala Brou 1985
= Brou's underwing
dulciola Grote 1881
= quiet or sweet underwing
gracilis Edwards 1864
= graceful underwing moth
marmorata Edwards 1864
= marbled underwing
praeclara Grote & Robinson 1866
= Praeclara underwing
relicta Walker 1858
= an underwing moth
similis Edwards 1864
= similar underwing moth
sordida Grote 1877
= an underwing moth
whitneyi Dodge 1874
= Whitney's underwing
Chortodes
Cryptocala
acadiensis Bethune 1870
= catocaline dart
Derrima
stellata Walker 1858
= pink star moth
Dichagyris
grotei Franclemont and Todd 1983
= Grote's black-tipped quaker
= Loxagrotis grotei
= Richia grotei
Elaphria
chalcedonia Hübner 1808
= chalcedony midget moth
Eremobina
leucoscelis Grote 1874
= a noctuid moth
= jocasta
Eucoptocnemis
fimbriaris Guenée 1852
= fringed dart moth
Euxoa
albipennis Grote 1876
= white-striped dart moth
aurulenta Smith 1888
= dune cutworm
immixta Grote 1881
= mixed dart moth
manitobana McDunnough 1925
= a moth
scandens Riley 1869
= white cutworm moth
Fagitana
littera Guenée 1852
= marsh fern moth
Feltia
manifesta Morrison 1875
= a moth
= Trichosilia manifesta
Gabara
subnivosella Walker 1866
= wet sand savanna moth
Hadena
capsularis Guenée 1852
= a noctuid moth
ectypa Morrison 1875
= a noctuid moth
Heptagrotis
Homorthodes
furfurata Grote 1875
= scurfy quaker moth
Hydraecia
Hydroecia
immanis Guenée 1852
= hop vine borer
stramentosa Guenée 1852
= figwort borer
Hypocoena
inquinata Guenée 1852
= Chortodes (Hypocoena) inquinata
= tufted sedge moth OR sordid wainscot moth
Iodopepla
ualbum Guenée 1852
= white eyed borer
Lemmeria
digitalis Grote 1882
= fingered lemmeria moth
Leucania
extincta Guenée 1852
= sand prairie wainscot moth
Loxagrotis
Lycophotia
phyllophora Grote 1874
= Heptagrotis phyllophora
= phyllophora dart moth
Macrochilo
Hormisa
bivittata Grote 1877
= two-striped cordgrass moth
litophora Grote 1873
= brown-lined owlet
louisiana Forbes 1922
= Louisiana macrochilo moth
Melanchra
assimilis Morrison 1874
= black arches moth
Melanomma
auricinctaria Grote 1875
= gold-lined melanomma
Meropleon
diversicolor Morrison 1874
= multicolorerd sedge miner
Oligia
obtusa Smith 1902
= a noctuid moth
Oncocnemis
Pachypolia
atricornis Grote 1874
= three-horned moth
Paectes
abrostolella Walker 1866
= barrens paectes
Pangrapta
decoralis Hübner 1818
= decorated owlet moth
Papaipema
aerata Lyman 1901
= a borer moth
araliae Bird & Jones 1921
= Aralia shoot borer moth
beeriana Bird 1923
= blazing star stem borer
birdi Dyar 1908
= a borer moth
cerina Grote 1874
= golden borer moth
cerussata Grote 1864
= ironweed borer moth
eryngii Bird 1917
= rattlesnake-master borer; eryngium stem borer
eupatorii Lyman 1905
= Eupatorium borer moth
harrisii Grote 1881
= Heracleum Stem Borer
inquaesita Grote & Robinson 1868
= sensitive fern borer
leucostigma Harris 1841
= a borer moth
limpida Guenée 1852
= a borer moth
lysimachiae Bird 1914
= a borer moth
maritima Bird 1909
= maritime sunflower borer
necopina Grote 1876
= sunflower borer moth
nelita Strecker 1898
= a borer moth
nepheleptena Dyar 1908
= a borer moth
pterisii Bird 1907
= bracken borer moth
rigida Grote 1877
= a borer moth
rutila Guenée 1852
= mayapple borer moth
sciata Bird 1908
= culvers root borer
silphii Bird 1915
= Silphium borer moth
sp. 10
= Grundy County papaipema
speciosissima Grote & Robinson 1868
= Osmunda Borer or Regal Fern Borer
unimoda Smith 1894
= meadow rue borer
Phalaenostola
hanhami Smith 1899
= Hanham's owlet
Photedes
defecta Grote 1874
= Chortodes (Hypocoena) defecta
= Hypocoena defecta
= narrow-winged borer
enervata Guenée 1852
= a noctuid moth
= Chortodes (Hypocoena) enervata
= Hypocoena enervata
includens Walker 1858
= included cordgrass borer
= Spartiniphaga includens
inops Grote 1881
= Spartina borer moth
= Spartiniphaga inops
panatela Smith 1904
= northern cordgrass borer
= Spartiniphaga panatela
Phytometra
ernestinana Blanchard 1840
= Ernestine's moth
Plagiomimicus
Stibadium
spumosum Grote 1874
= frothy moth
heitzmani Poole 1995
Platyperigea
Plusia
venusta Walker 1865
= white-streaked looper
Ponometia
binocula Grote 1875
= prairie bird-lime moth
= Tarachidia binocula
Protorthodes
incincta Morrison 1874
= banded quaker
Psectraglaea
carnosa Grote 1877
= pink sallow moth
Pseudeva
purpurigera Walker 1858
= straight-lined looper
Rhodoecia
aurantiago Guenée 1852
= orange sallow moth
= Pyrrhia aurantiago
Richia
new species
= a noctuid moth
Schinia
gaurae Smith 1797
= clouded crimson moth
gracilenta Hübner 1818
= Schinia gracilenta bifascia
= slender flower moth or Iva flower moth
indiana Smith 1908
= phlox moth
jaguarina Guenée 1852
= jaguar flower moth
lucens Morrison 1875
= leadplant flower moth
nundina Drury 1773
= goldenrod flower moth
oleagina Morrison 1875
= a noctuid moth
sanguinea Geyer 1832
= bleeding flower moth
= Schinia gloriosa
saturata Grote 1874
= brown flower moth
septentrionalis Walker 1858
= northern flower moth
Spartiniphaga
Speranza
amboflava Ferguson 1953
= an inch worm moth
= Itame amboflava
Sympistis
riparia Morrison 1875
= dune noctuid
= Oncocnemis riparia
saundersiana Grote 1876
= Oncocnemis saundersiana
= saunders sallow moth
viriditincta Smith 1894
= a noctuid moth
= Oncocnemis viriditincta
Tarachidia
Tricholita
notata Strecker 1898
= marked noctuid moth
Trichosilia
Ulolonche
modesta Morrison 1874
= a noctuid moth
Notodontidae
Hyparpax
aurora Smith 1797
= pink prominent
Schizura
apicalis Grote & Robinson 1866
= plain schizura
Nymphalidae
Boloria
selene myrina Cramer 1777
= silver bordered fritillary
Chlosyne
gorgone carlota Reakirt 1866
= gorgone checkerspot
harrisii Scudder 1863
= Harris' checkerspot
Speyeria
aphrodite Fabricius 1787
= Aphrodite fritillary
diana Cramer 1777
= Diana fritillary
idalia Drury 1773
= regal fritillary
Oecophoridae
Agonopterix
hyperella Ely 1910
= an oecophorid moth
lythrella Walsingham 1889
= an oecophorid moth
Olethreutidae
Aterpia
approximana Heinrich 1919
= sparkling Aterpia moth
Pieridae
Euchloe
olympia Edwards 1871
= Olympia marble
Pieris
virginiensis Edwards 1870
= West Virginia white
Pyralidae
Epipaschiinae
Ambesa
laetella Grote 1880
= a pyralid moth
Argyria
auratella Clemens 1860
= curve-lined Argyria moth
= Vaxi auratella
critica Forbes 1920
= straight-lined Argyria moth
= Vaxi critica
Atascosa
glareosella Zeller 1872
= a pyralid moth
Carectocultus
perstrialis Hübner 1825
= reed-boring crambid moth
= Scirpophaga perstrialis
Crambus
girardellus Clemens 1860
= Girard's grass-veneer moth
watsonellus Klots 1942
= Watson's grass-veneer moth
Loxocrambus
awemensis McDunnough 1929
= a pyralid moth
Neodactria
murellus Dyar 1904
= Crambus murellus
= prairie sedge moth
Nephopterix
Parapoynx
maculalis Clemens 1860
= polymorphic pondweed moth
Pediasia
abnaki Klots 1942
= sod webworm
Platytes
vobisne Dyar 1920
= a pyralid moth
Pococera
baptisiella Fernald 1887
= a moth
= Tetralopha baptisiella
Prionapteryx
achatina Zeller 1863
= a pyralid moth
nebulifera Stephens 1834
= clouded veneer moth
Pyla
arenaeola Balogh & Wilterding 1998
= a moth
Pyrausta
laticlavia Grote & Robinson 1867
= southern purple mint moth
orphisalis Walker 1859
= orange mint moth
Sciota
dammersi Heinrich 1956
= a moth
= Nephopterix dammersi
Sitochroa
dasconalis Walker 1859
= pearly indigo borer
Tetralopha
Thaumatopsis
pectinifer Zeller 1877
= a pyralid moth
Vaxi
Riodinidae
Calephelis
borealis Grote & Robinson 1866
= northern metalmark
muticum McAlpine 1937
= swamp metalmark
Saturniidae
Hemileuca
maia Drury 1773
= buck moth
nevadensis Stretch 1872
= Nevada buck moth
Satyridae
Enodia
Lethe
appalachia Chermock 1947
= Appalachian brown
= Satyrodes appalachia
creola Skinner 1897
= creole pearly-eye
= Enodia creola
Sesiidae
Carmenta
anthracipennis Boisduval 1875
= blazing star clearwing moth
Sphingidae
Hemaris
gracilis Grote & Robinson 1865
= slender clearwing
Lintneria
eremitus Hübner 1823
= hermit sphinx moth
= Sphinx eremitus
Proserpinus
gaurae Smith 1797
= proud sphinx moth
Sphinx
luscitiosa Clemens 1859
= Canadian sphinx moth
Tortricidae
Ancylis
semiovana Zeller 1875
= a tortricid moth
Eucosma
bipunctella Walker 1863
= a tortricid moth
fulminana Walsingham 1879
= a tortricid moth
n.s.
= a tortricid moth
palabundana Heinrich 1923
= a tortricid moth
pandana Kearfott 1907
= a tortricid moth
rusticana Kearfott 1905
= a tortricid moth
sombreana Kearfott 1905
= a tortricid moth
Evora
hemidesma Zeller 1875
= Spirea leaftier moth
Grapholita
tristrigana Clemens 1865
= three-lined Grapholita moth
Olethreutes
comandranum Clarke 1953
= a tortricid moth
osmundana Fernald 1879
= a tortricid moth
Pseudexentera
vaccinii Miller 1986
= a moth
Suleima
helianthana Riley 1881
= sunflower bud moth
Zomaria
interruptolineana Fernald 1882
= broken-lined Zomaria moth
Yponomeutidae
Odonata
Aeshnidae
Aeshna
Rhionaeschna
mutata
= Aeshna mutata
= spatterdock darner
Corduliidae
Somatochlora
hineana
= Hine's emerald dragonfly
Gomphidae
Gomphus
ventricosus
= skillet clubtail
Stylurus
notatus
= elusive clubtail
Libellulidae
Nannothemis
bella
= elfin skimmer
Orthoptera
Acrididae
Arphia
pseudonietana Thomas 1870
= red-winged grasshopper
Camnula
pellucida Scudder 1862
= Clear-winged grasshopper
Eritettix
simplex Scudder 1869
= velvet-striped grasshopper
Hadrotettix
trifasciatus Say 1825
= Three-banded Range grasshopper
Melanoplus
dawsoni Scudder 1875
= Dawson's spur-throat grasshopper
Paratylotropidia
brunneri Scudder 1897
= a grasshopper
Stethophyma
lineatum Scudder 1862
= striped sedge grasshopper
Trimerotropis
maritima Harris 1871
= seaside grasshopper
saxatilis McNeil 1900
= lichen grasshopper
Gryllotalpidae
Gryllotalpa
major Saussure 1874
= prairie mole cricket
Tetrigidae
Nomotettix
parvus Morse 1895
= low-ridged pygmy grasshopper
Tettigoniidae
Neoconocephalus
lyristes Rehn & Hebard 1905
= bog conehead katydid
Scudderia
pistillata Brunner von Wattenwyl 1878
= broad-winged bush katydid
Phasmida
Phasmidae
Diapheromera
velii Walsh 1864
= prairie walking stick
Plecoptera
Capniidae
Allocapnia
illinoensis
= a stonefly
Nemouridae
Prostoia
completa
= Central Forestfly
Perlidae
Perlesta
golconda
= a stonefly
Perlodidae
Diploperla
robusta
= Robust Springfly
Hydroperla
fugitans
= Austin springfly
Isogenoides
varians
= Rock Island springfly

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