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Noctuidae 931785.5 – 10043   Sympistis gracillinea (Grote, 1881)

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Distribution: Type locality (gracillinea): Arizona. Type locality (yuma): Yuma Co., AZ; Walters Station, CA; Gila Co., AZ; Kerrville, TX. Similar Species: Oxycnemis acuna Barnes, 1907 tends to be more contrastingly marked. Leucocnemis variabilis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Oncocnemis gracillinea Grote, 1881 • Oxycnemis gracillima Franclemont & Todd, 1983 • Oxycnemis yuma Smith, 1907 Taxonomic Notes: Sympistis gracillinea (Grote, 1881), n. comb., was formerly in the genus Oxycnemis (Schmidt in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

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. Grote, A.R., 1881. New moths, chiefly from Arizona. The Canadian Entomologist, 13(11): 231. 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). Smith, J.B., 1907. New species of Noctuidæ for 1907. No. 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 33: 138. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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