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Erebidae 930317 – 8131   Estigmene acrea (Drury, 1773)              Salt Marsh Moth

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: acrea (Drury, 1773) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 8131 californica (Packard, 1864) (Leucarctia) caprotina (Drury, 1773) (Phalaena) columbiana Rothschild, 1910 (Estigmene) echo (Rothschild, 1910) (Diacrisia) (in part) klagesii (Ehrmann, 1894) (Leucarctia) mexicana (Walker, 1865) (Spilosoma) packardii (Schaupp, 1882) (Leucarctia) pseuderminea (Harris, 1823) (Arctia) rickseckeri (Behr, 1893) (Leucarctia)

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. Factsheet at Florida Featured Creatures. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 47.19m, 47.22f; p. 269. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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