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Noctuidae 933162 – 10605.01   "Eriopyga" crista of authors (not Walker, 1856)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: crista of authors; (not Walker, 1856) (Mamestra) MISAPPL.; mispl. Taxonomic Notes: "Eriopyga" crista of authors; (not Walker, 1856) is an unidentified species (Arizona) provisionally placed in the genus Eriopyga in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010), ZooKeys, 40:159. "True" crista is excluded as extralimital north of Mexico by Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010). It's previous inclusion was based on the synonym dissimilis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910) which was described based on a mislabeled specimen.

References

Barnes, W.M. & J.H. McDunnough, 1910. New species and varieties of North American Lepidoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 18(3): 152. 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. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Walker, F., 1856. Noctuidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 9: 235.

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