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Noctuidae
932961.1 – 10454   Leucania latiuscula Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Distribution Data for Leucania latiuscula
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Distribution: USA: Florida Keys.
Genitalia: See Adams (2001).
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Synonymy:
  • latiuscula Herrich-Schäffer, 1868 (Leucania)
      Type locality: Holotype: Cuba.
  • jaliscana Schaus, 1898 (Leucania)
  • orizaba Schaus, 1898 (Leucania)
  • punctifera Möschler, 1880 (Leucania)
  • tinila Schaus, 1894 (Leucania)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Leucania latiuscula Herrich-Schäffer, 1868, 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, ZooKeys, 788: 249.

    Leucania latiuscula of authors; not Herrich-Schäffer, 1868, the taxon listed in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), is a synonym of 10453.1 Leucania subpunctata - Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010), ZooKeys, 40: 157.
    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): 200; figs. 2C, 8A-D, 14C.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239.
    • 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.
    Leucania latiuscula
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