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Noctuidae
933683 – 11044   Abagrotis brunneipennis (Grote, 1875)
Distribution Data for Abagrotis brunneipennis
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Synonymy:
  • brunneipennis (Grote, 1875) (Agrotis)
  • adulta of authors; (not Guenée, 1852) (Rhynchagrotis) misappl.
  • Taxonomic Notes: (Agrotis) brunneipennis Grote, 1875 includes as a synonym Rhynchagrotis adulta of authors, not Guenée, 1852 in Lafontaine (1998). The name adulta Guenée, listed twice in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist) as Sericaglaea adulta and again as Rhynchagrotis adulta with brunneipennis as a junior synonym, was described from an an unpublished painting by John Abbot and is excluded as a nomen dubium by Schmidt (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).
    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.
    • Guenée, M.A., 1852. Noctuelites, 3. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 7: 393.
    • Lafontaine, J. D., 1998. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3: p. 235; pl. 7.23-26. order or free PDF
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
    Abagrotis brunneipennis
    LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Abagrotis brunneipennis
    LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Abagrotis brunneipennis
    30mm – © Jim Vargo
    Abagrotis brunneipennis
    © Canadian National Collection LG


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