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Noctuidae 933053 – 10406   Lacinipolia olivacea (Morrison, 1875)              Olive Arches

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Similar Species: Lacinipolia bucketti is apparently not distinguished from L. o. petita by DNA sequencing. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: olivacea Morrison 1875 (Mamestra) - MONA 1983: 10406 ssp. a. olivacea Morrison 1875 (Mamestra) - MONA 1983: 10406; Type locality: New York; New Hampshire obscurior Smith 1888 (Mamestra) ssp. b. lucina Smith 1901 (Mamestra) ssp. c. megarena Smith 1901 (Mamestra) ssp. d. altua Smith 1901 (Mamestra) ssp. e. petita Smith 1901 (Mamestra); Type locality: Lectotype: Vancouver, BC ssp. f. vaumedia Smith 1888 (Mamestra) repentina Morrison 1875 (Mamestra) - MONA 1983: 10272.1; Type locality: West Hobeken, NJ Taxonomic Notes: Lacinipolia olivacea (Morrison, 1875) includes Mamestra repentina Morrison, 1875, a name which was apparently overlooked in Hodges et al. (1983) but included in Poole (1989), as a synonym (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. Morrison, H.K., 1875. Descriptions of new Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17: 143. Morrison, H.K., 1875. Notes on the Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 18: 118. 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). Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 56.12m; p. 305. Book Review and ordering Selman, C.L., 1975. Revision of the Genus Lacinipolia McDunnough of America North of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Ohio State University, Ph.D. thesis dissertation. Smith, J.B., 1887. New genera and species of North American Noctuidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 10: 450; 465 (obscurior); 466 (vaumedia). Smith, J.B., 1901. Notes on Mamestra olivacea Morr. and its allies. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 27: 230; 236 (lucina, altua, megarena); 239 (petita). Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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