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Noctuidae 931733.33 – 9622.2   Cropia indigna (Walker, [1858])

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Distribution: USA: FL. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: indigna Walker [1858] (Decelea); Type locality: "St. Domingo" indica Lafontaine & Schmidt 2015 (Cropia) Taxonomic Notes: Cropia indigna (Walker, [1858]) is now recognized within the North American fauna north of Mexico (Florida) in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015), ZooKeys, 527:139, in which the name was misspelled as "indica" (Schmidt in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

References

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. 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). Walker, F., 1857. Noctuidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 13: 1115.

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