Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Hesperiidae
77a0255 – 4086.1   Atrytonopsis margarita (Skinner, 1913)
Distribution Data for Atrytonopsis margarita
Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Pamphila margarita Skinner, 1913
Taxonomic Notes: Atrytonopsis margarita (Skinner, 1913), treated as a subspecies of 4087 Atrytonopsis cestus (Edwards, 1884) in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist) and later synonymized with 4086 Atrytonopsis python (Edwards, 1882), is elevated to full species status, Jour. Lepid. Soc. 69(4): 275-292.
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Burns, J.M., 2015. Speciation in an Insular Sand Dune Habitat: Atrytonopsis (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) - Mainly from the Southwestern United States and Mexico - Off the North Carolina Coast. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 69(4): 275-292.

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

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone