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Noctuidae 932928 – 10431   Dargida diffusa (Walker, 1856)              Wheat Head Armyworm

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: diffusa (Walker, 1856) (Leucania) - MONA 1983: 10431 ssp. a. diffusa (Walker, 1856) (Leucania)  albilinea of authors; (not Hübner, [1821]) (Leucania) misappl.  harveyi (Grote, 1873) (Leucania)  moderata (Walker, 1856) (Leucania)  terrapictalis (Buckett, 1969) (Faronta) - MONA 1983: [10432] ssp. b. obscurior (Smith, 1902) (Leucania) ssp. c. limitata (Smith, 1902) (Leucania) ssp. d. neptis (Smith, 1902) (Leucania) Taxonomic Notes: Dargida diffusa (Walker, 1856) includes as a synonym 10432 Dargida terrapictalis, "a dark form of the species that occurs from southern British Columbia to central California and could be treated as a subspecies if desired." Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015), ZooKeys, 527: 142. This species was transferred from the genus Faronta by Rodríguez and Angulo (2005).

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2015. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III. ZooKeys, 527: 127-147. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 55.40f; p. 304. Book Review and ordering Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

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