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Erebidae 930924 – 8739   Caenurgina erechtea (Cramer, 1780)              Forage Looper

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: erechtea Cramer 1780 (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 8739 agricola Grote & Robinson 1867 (Drasteria) mundula Grote & Robinson 1867 (Drasteria) narrata Walker 1858 (Poaphila) parva Blackmore 1921 (Caenurgia) patibilis Walker 1858 (Poaphila)

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. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 44.16m, 44.17m; p. 258. Book Review and ordering Species Page at Block Island Moths 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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