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Erebidae 930336.62 – 8121.2   Virbia marginata of authors (Zaspel et al., 2008) (not Druce, 1885)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: marginata of authors (Zaspel et al., 2008); (not Druce, 1885) (Eubaphe) Taxonomic Notes: Virbia marginata of Zaspel et al., 2008; (not Druce, 1885) refers to a population from AZ and NM attributed to V. marginata by Zaspel et al. (2008) but later determined to be an undescribed species in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010). "True" marginata treated as extralimital by Schmidt (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

References

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. Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order). Zaspel J.M., S.J. Weller & R.T. Cardé , 2008. A review of Virbia (formerly Holomelina) of America north of Mexico (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 48: 59-118.

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