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Drepanidae
850006.1 – 6238   Thyatira superba Barnes, 1901

© Charles W. Melton
Distribution: USA: Arizona.
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Synonymy:
  • superba Barnes, 1901 (Thyatira) REV. STAT.
      Type locality: Huachuca Mts., AZ.
  • mexicana of authors; not Edwards, 1884 (Thyatira) misappl.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Thyatira superba Barnes, 1901, rev. stat. (Schmidt in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), was formerly treated as a synonym of Thyatira mexicana Edwards, 1884, a species extralimital north of Mexico.
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) (mexicana) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAH4922 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Barnes, W., 1901. Descriptions of some new species of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 33: 55.
    • Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 27.6m; p. 202. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    Thyatira superba
    © Charles W. Melton
    Thyatira superba
    © Valerie G. Bugh
    Thyatira superba
    35mm – © Jim Vargo

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