MPG (species pages only) MPG (entire website) Entire Web

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Noctuidae 931788 – 10110   Sympistis wilsonensis (Hill, 1924)

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

LG - © Paul Dennehy Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Distribution: USA: CA. Similar Species: 931787 Sympistis poliafascies Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: wilsonensis (Hill, 1924) (Oncocnemis) - MONA 1983: 10110; TL: [not given]. Taxonomic Notes: Sympistis wilsonensis: Formerly placed in the genus Oncocnemis.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Hill, C.A., 1924. Pacific Coast Lepidoptera. No. 1 (Noctuidae). Some apparently new species of moths of the family Noctuidae and one Saturnid aberration from the southwestern United States. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 23(6): 185; pl. 3, fig. 9. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist Troubridge, J.T., 2008. A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini sensu Hodges (1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), with descriptions of a new genus and 50 new species. Zootaxa, 1903: 1-95. (abstract) (abstract and access (fee))

34mm – © Canadian National Collection © Jeff Smith LG – © Jim Troubridge 34mm - LG – © Jim Vargo - 32mm – © Tom Dimock

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone