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Noctuidae
931785.5 – 10043   Sympistis gracillinea (Grote, 1881)

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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:
  • gracillinea (Grote, 1881) (Oncocnemis) N. COMB.
      Type locality: Arizona.
  • gracillima (Franclemont & Todd, 1983) (Oxycnemis) missp.
  • yuma (Smith, 1907) (Oxycnemis)
      Type locality: Yuma Co., AZ; Walters Station, CA; Gila Co., AZ; Kerrville, TX.
  • 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
    Sympistis gracillinea
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    Sympistis gracillinea
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    Sympistis gracillinea
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    Sympistis gracillinea
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    Sympistis gracillinea
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