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Noctuidae 931876 – 10135.1   Sympistis aqualis (Grote, 1881)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: aqualis (Grote, 1881) (Oncocnemis)   Type locality: California. sala (Mustelin, 2006) (Oncocnemis)   Type locality: Mountain Pass Station, San Bernardino Co., CA. Taxonomic Notes: Sympistis aqualis (Grote, 1881), n. comb. (Troubridge 2008), was formerly treated as a subspecies of Sympistis riparia (Morrison, 1875) in the genus Oncocnemis. Includes as a synonym sala (Mustelin, 2006) (Troubridge 2008).

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. Moths Collected by Prof. Snow in New Mexico, with List of Eudriini. Papilio, 1(3): 33. Mustelin, T., 2006. Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species. Zootaxa, 1278: 1-47. Troubridge, J.T., 2008. A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini sensu Hodges (1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), with descriptions of a new genus and 50 new species. Zootaxa, 1903: 1-95. (abstract)

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