Moth Photographers Group – Xanthopastis regnatrix

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Noctuidae

933210 – 10640 Xanthopastis regnatrix (Grote, 1863)

Spanish Moth

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Distribution Data for Xanthopastis regnatrix

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Similar Species:	933210.1 Xanthopastis moctezuma: is not found north and east of southern Texas. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	regnatrix (Grote, 1863) (Philochrysa) - MONA 1983: [NEW]; TL: Pennsylvania. timais of authors; (not Cramer, [1780]) (Phalaena) misappl. - MONA 1983: [10640]
Taxonomic Notes:	Xanthopastis regnatrix (Grote, 1863), a name listed by Kimball (1965) and later as a synonym of Xanthopastis timais (Cramer ([1780]) in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), is again recognized as regnatrix by Lafontaine & Schmidt (2011), a member of a species complex involving at least six species.

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.
Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2011. Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 149: 145-161.
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at iNaturalist

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