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Noctuidae 933113 – 10563   Trichopolia oviduca (Guenée, 1852)              Ruddy Quaker

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Description/ Field Marks: See ZooKeys, 421: 139-179. Genitalia: See ZooKeys, 421: 139-179. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: oviduca Guenée 1852 (Taeniocampa) - MONA 1983: 10563 capsella Grote 1874 (Taeniocampa) lindrothi Krogerus 1954 (Protorthodes) Taxonomic Notes: Trichopolia oviduca (Guenée, 1852), n. comb., formerly in the genus Protorthodes (n. syn. of Trichopolia) (Schmidt in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023, includes as a synonym Protorthodes lindrothi in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010).

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. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) 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. Lafontaine, D., J. Walsh & C. Ferris, 2014. A revision of the genus Protorthodes McDunnough with descriptions of a new genus and four new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini). ZooKeys, 421: 139-179. Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order). Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 56.18m; p. 306. 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

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