Moth Photographers Group – Leucocnemis variabilis

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931733.64 – 10052 Leucocnemis variabilis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

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Distribution Data for Leucocnemis variabilis

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Synonymy:	variabilis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (Leucocnemis) - MONA 1983: 10052; TL: Olancha, Inyo Co., CA. alba Barnes & Benjamin, 1923 (Leucocnemis); Holotype: Olancha, Inyo Co., CA.
Description:	Leucocnemis variabilis form alba is "... immaculate and practically pure white..." (Barnes & Benjamin 1923).
Similar : Species	931785.6 Sympistis acuna 931785.5 Sympistis gracillinea Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)

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.
Barnes, W. & F.H. Benjamin, 1923. Notes and new species. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 5(2): 80.
Barnes, W.M. & J.H. McDunnough, 1918. Notes and new species. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 4(2): 106; pl. 17, fig. 13, 14.
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