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Noctuidae 932955.1 – 10453.2   Leucania rawlinsi Adams, 2001

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Distribution: USA: Florida Keys. Genitalia: See Adams (2001). Similar Species: Leucania subpunctata Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: rawlinsi Adams, 2001 (Leucania)   Type locality: Holotype: Jamaica. Taxonomic Notes: Leucania rawlinsi Adams, 2001, a species described from Jamaica whose range extends as far north as Cuba and the Bahamas and now recognized within the North American fauna north of Mexico, was first discovered in the National Key Deer Refuge in the Florida Keys by Jim Troubridge in 2017, ZooKeys, 788: 249.

References

Adams, M.S., 2001. A revision of the moth genus Leucania Ochsenheimer in the Antilles (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 70(3): 186; figs. 1B, 4C-D, 13B. Schmidt, B.C., J.D. Lafontaine & J.T. Troubridge, 2018. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV. ZooKeys, 788: 241-252.

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