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Noctuidae 933637 – 10978   Tesagrotis piscipellis (Grote, 1878)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: piscipellis (Grote, 1878) (Agrotis) - MONA 1983: 10978 cinibarina (Hill, 1924) (Euxoa) exculpatrix (Dyar, 1907) (Noctua) Taxonomic Notes: Tesagrotis piscipellis: Formerly placed in the genus Satagrotis.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Hill, C.A., 1924. Pacific Coast Lepidoptera. No. 1 (Noctuidae). Some apparently new species of moths of the family Noctuidae and one Saturnid aberration from the southwestern United States. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 23(6): 184; pl. 3, fig. 4. Lafontaine, J. D., 1998. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3: p. 187; pl. 5.19-23. order or free PDF Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

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