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Drepanidae
850020 – 6252   Falcaria bilineata (Packard, 1864)
             Two-Lined Hooktip Moth

© Nolie Schneider
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Synonymy:
  • bilineata Packard 1864 (Edapteryx) - MONA 1983: 6252
  • hudsoni Barnes & Benjamin 1922 (Drepana)
  • levis Hudson 1893 (Prionia)
  • rampartensis Barnes & Benjamin 1922 (Drepana)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Falcaria bilineata (Packard, 1864), rev. comb., was formerly included in the genus Drepana and includes rampartensis (Barnes & Benjamin, 1922), formerly a subspecies of bilineata, as a new synonym of same (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.
    • 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. 27.2f; p. 202. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
    Falcaria bilineata
    © John Davis - m.
    Falcaria bilineata
    © Janice Stiefel
    Falcaria bilineata
    © Anthony W. Thomas - f.
    Falcaria bilineata
    © Jason Dombroskie
    Falcaria bilineata
    © David Reed
    Falcaria bilineata
    30mm – © Jim Vargo
    Falcaria bilineata
    30mm – © Jim Vargo
    Falcaria bilineata
    © Werner Eigelsreiter LG

    Falcaria bilineata
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Falcaria bilineata
    © Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
    on Betula papyrifera
    Falcaria bilineata
    © Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
    on Betula papyrifera
    Falcaria bilineata
    © Werner Eigelsreiter LG

    Falcaria bilineata
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Falcaria bilineata
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Falcaria bilineata
    © Jason Dombroskie

    Falcaria bilineata
    © Jason Dombroskie


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