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Zygaenidae 57a0026 – 4619   Triprocris cyanea Barnes & McDunnough, 1910

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Description/ Field Marks: Forewing veins R2 and R3 are stalked and not separate - Barnes & McDunnough (1910). Similar Species: Triprocris lustrans Beutenmüller, 1894 is larger, WS: 31mm. Triprocris smithsoniana (Clemens, 1860) has forewing veins R2 and R3 separate and not stalked - Barnes & McDunnough (1910). Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: cyanea Barnes & McDunnough, 1910 (Triprocris) - MONA 1983: 4619   Type locality: "Santa Catalina Mts., Babaquivera Mts., Ariz.". Taxonomic Notes: Triprocris cyanea Barnes & McDunnough, 1910 was placed in the genus Harrisina in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist). Current generic placement follows Tarmann (1984), Entomofauna Supplement. 2(1): 1-176, and Tarmann & Drouet (2015), Jour. Lepid. Soc. 69(3), 209-235.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Barnes, W.M. & J.H. McDunnough, 1910. New species and varieties of North American Lepidoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 18(3): 162. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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