Moth Photographers Group – Lacinipolia buscki

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Noctuidae

933074 – 10421 Lacinipolia buscki (Barnes & Benjamin, 1927)

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Distribution:	Canada: BC; USA: TX west to CA and north to WA and ID.
Description/ Field Marks:	BIN group BOLD:AAA5200 includes a USNMENT01523223, a paratype of buscki.
Similar Species:	Lacinipolia buscki is sympatric though out the range of strigicollis and is apparently best separated by DNA barcode. Dissection may not be conclusive. Selman (1975) found no differences in genitalia and treated the two species as synonyms. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	buscki (Barnes & Benjamin, 1927) (Polia) - MONA 1983: 10421 Type locality: near Alpine, Brewster Co., TX.

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.
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAA5200 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
Barnes, W. & F.H. Benjamin, 1927. New Phalaenidae (Lepid.). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 4(1): 5.
Selman, C.L., 1975. Revision of the Genus Lacinipolia McDunnough of America North of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Ohio State University, Ph.D. thesis dissertation.
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