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Noctuidae 931160.5 – 8556   Litoprosopus futilis (Grote & Robinson, 1868)              Palmetto Borer

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Description/ Field Marks: Wingspan: ♂ = 38 mm (Grote & Robinson 1868); averages ~45 mm (J. Troubridge, pers. comm. 10/02/2022). Similar Species: 931160.9 Litoprosopus confligens: is typically larger. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: futilis (Grote & Robinson, 1868) (Dyops) - MONA 1983: 8556; TL: Florida. Taxonomic Notes: Litoprosopus futilis (Grote & Robinson, 1868), formerly in the family Erebidae, is placed in the subfamily Dyopsinae within the family Noctuidae, revised status in Zahiri et al. (2013), (Lafontaine & Schmidt 2015).

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. Factsheet at Florida Featured Creatures. Grote A.R. & C.T. Robinson, 1868. Descriptions of American Lepidoptera.- No. 4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 2: 202. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2015. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III. ZooKeys, 527: 127-147. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist Zahiri R, D. Lafontaine, C.Schmidt, J.D. Holloway, I.J. Kitching, M. Mutanen, N. Wahlberg, 2013. Relationships among the basal lineages of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) based on eight gene regions. Zoologica Scripta, 42(5): 488-507.

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