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Noctuidae 932951 – 10450.1   Leucania inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer, 1868

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Distribution: USA: Long Key, Monroe Co., FL - Dickel (1991). Genitalia: See Adams (2001). Synonymy: inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer, 1868 (Leucania) STRAY - MONA 1983: [NEW in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)]; TL: Cuba. Taxonomic Notes: Leucania inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer, 1868 is now recognized within the North American fauna north of Mexico from Florida in Dickel (1991), Trop. Lepid., 2(1): 57; fig. 28.

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

Adams, M.S., 2001. A revision of the moth genus Leucania Ochsenheimer in the Antilles (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 70(3): 192; figs. 1E, 6A-B, 13E. Barcode of Life (BOLD) Dickel, T.S., 1991. New records of noctuid moths from Florida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 2(1): 53-58. Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239. Species Page at iNaturalist

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