WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Noctuidae 932889 – 10307   Trichordestra lilacina (Harvey, 1874)              Aster Cutworm

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

© Dick Wilson - DNA Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Distribution: Type locality (lilacina): "Brewsters, N. Y." Type locality (illabefacta): Beverly, MA. Type locality (luski): White Mts., AZ. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Mamestra lilacina Harvey, 1874 • Mamestra illabefacta Morrison, 1875 • Polia luski Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 Taxonomic Notes: Trichordestra lilacina: Formerly placed in the genus Lacanobia.

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. Barnes, W.M. & J.H. McDunnough, 1913. New North American Lepidoptera with notes on described species. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 2(3): 106. Harvey, L.F., 1874. Observations on North American moths. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 2: 118. Morrison, H.K., 1875. Descriptions of new Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17: 141. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

© Nelson Poirier © Janice Stiefel © Dick Wilson

© Jason Dombroskie 32mm – © Jim Vargo 32mm – © Jim Vargo

© Janice Stiefel © John G. Franclemont CUIC LG © John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone