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932961.2 – 10458 – Leucania elephas Troubridge, 2020

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Leucania elephas Troubridge, 2020, n. sp., Insecta Mundi, 0789: 36; Fig. 50, 100, 137, includes as a synonym [10458] Leucania humidicola of authors (Hodges et al. 1983); not Guenée, 1852. "True" L. humidicola is represented north of Mexico by solita Walker (n. syn. (Schmidt in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023)).

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ACP6589 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
Franclemont J.G. & E.L. Todd, 1983. Noctuidae. In: Hodges, R. W. et al., Check List of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico including Greenland. - E. W. Classey Ltd. and the Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 120-159. free PDF
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).
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).
Troubridge, J.T., 2020. A new genus and 37 new noctuoid species from peninsular Florida and the Keys (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Insecta Mundi, 0789: 1-56.

Monroe Co., FL (Leucania cf. humidicola)

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