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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Hesperiidae 77a0097 – 3980   Hesperopsis alpheus (Edwards, 1876)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: alpheus (Edwards, 1876) (Thanaos) - MONA 1983: 3980 ssp. a. oricus (Edwards, 1879) (Pholisora)  arizonensis Mabille & Boullet, 1917 (Hesperopsis) ssp. b. alpheus (Edwards, 1876) (Thanaos) - MONA 1983: 3980  texana (Scott, 1981) (Pholisora)

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) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

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