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

© Nolie Schneider
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) N. COMB. - 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
    Trichopolia oviduca
    © David Silsbee
    Trichopolia oviduca
    © Nolie Schneider
    Trichopolia oviduca
    © Machele White
    Trichopolia oviduca
    © Steve Walter
    Trichopolia oviduca
    28mm – © Jim Vargo
    Trichopolia oviduca
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Trichopolia oviduca
    © Canadian National Collection LG


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