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Noctuidae 933062 – 10408   Lacinipolia comis (Grote, 1876)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: comis Grote 1876 (Mamestra) - MONA 1983: 10408 lunolacta Smith 1903 (Mamestra) obnigra Smith 1901 (Mamestra) Taxonomic Notes: Lacinipolia comis includes as a synonym Lacinipolia lunolacta (Smith, 1903) in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2011). Lunolacta was previously treated as full species in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist) and as a synonym of comis in Selman (1975).

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. 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., 1901. Notes on Mamestra olivacea Morr. and its allies. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 27: 238. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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