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Noctuidae 933563 – 10928   Graphiphora augur (Fabricius, 1775)              Double Dart

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: augur (Fabricius, 1775) (Noctua) - MONA 1983: [NEW]; TL: Germany [unknown]. abdita (de Joannis, 1891) (Agrotis); TL: Asia Minor. assimulans (Borkhausen, 1792) (Phalaena); TL: None given. [unknown]. grandis (Speyer, 1875) (Agrotis); TL: North America. Note: described as a variety of augur. haruspica (Grote, 1875) (Agrotis) - MONA 1983: [10928]; TL: [New York, USA]. hippophaes (Geyer, 1832) (Noctua); TL: Europe. [lost]. inopinatus (Smith, 1898) (Noctua); TL: Corfield, Vancouver [Island ?], [British Columbia, Canada]. omega (Esper, 1788) (Phalaena); TL: [Europe]. sierrae (Harvey, 1876) (Agrotis); TL: Sierra Nevada, California. unimacula (Morrison, 1875) (Agrotis); TL: Atlantic States. tobolskensis (Sheljuzhko, 1929) (Rhyacia); TL: Tobolsk, West Siberia, [Russia]. [lost] Note: Listed as a subspecies in Lafontaine (1998) and subsequently as a synonym of augur by Schmidt (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023). Taxonomic Notes: Graphiphora augur (Fabricius, 1775) includes as a synonym haruspica (Grote, 1875).

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. Lafontaine, J. D., 1998. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3: p. 88; pl. 2.17-19. order or free PDF Morrison, H.K., 1875. Descriptions of new Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17: 166. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 58.16f; p. 315. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths Species Page at iNaturalist Speyer, A., 1875. Europäisch - amerikanische Verwandtschaften II. Entomologische Zeitung, 36: 122.

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