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Saturniidae 890043.1 – 7730.2   Hemileuca warreni Pavulaan, 2020              Florida Buckmoth

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Distribution: Peninsular Florida. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: warreni Pavulaan, 2020 (Hemileuca) N. STAT.   Type locality: Holotype: Deltona, Volusia Co., FL. Taxonomic Notes: Hemileuca warreni Pavulaan, 2020, n. stat. (St Laurent in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023: Appendix I), described as a subspecies of Hemileuca maia (Drury, 1773), is raised to full species status.

References

Pavulaan, H., 2020. A phenotypic comparison of regional populations of Hemileuca maia (Drury, 1773) with designations of new subspecies (Bombycoidea, Saturniidae, Hemileucinae). Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(5): 1-16. 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).

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