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Noctuidae 932946 – 10446.1   Leucania lapidaria (Grote, 1876)

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Description/ Field Marks: Hind wing pure white. Similar Species: Leucania multilinea with white hind wings is separated only by genitalia or DNA barcoded. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: lapidaria Grote 1876 (Heliophila) - MONA 1983: 10446.1 Taxonomic Notes: Leucania lapidaria (Grote, 1876), formerly treated as a synonym of 10446 Leucania multilinea Walker, 1856, is raised to full species status in Rings et al. (1992).

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. 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. Rings R.W., E.H. Metzler, F.J. Arnold, D.H. Harris, 1992. The owlet moths of Ohio Order Lepidoptera Family Noctuidae. Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin, New Series, 9(2): vi + 1–219. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at The Noctuidae of North America by Robert W. Poole (Nearctica.com) - archived page access (go to a year prior to 2020 and select a blue circled date from the calendar).

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