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Notodontidae
930013 – 7924   Pheosidea elegans (Strecker, 1885)
             Elegant Prominent

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  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • elegans (Strecker, 1885) (Lophopteryx) - MONA 1983: 7924
  • grisea (Strecker, 1885) (Lophopteryx)
  • notaria (Edwards, 1885) (Notodonta)
  • notataria; (Becker, 2014) (Odontosia) missp.
  • nototaria (Franclemont, 1983) (Odontosia) missp.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Pheosidea elegans (Strecker, 1885), new generic status, formerly placed in the genus Odontosia, includes as a synonym 7925 Odontosia grisea (Strecker, 1885), MONA Fascicle 22.1A: 82.
    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.
    • Edwards, H., 1885. New Bombycidae from Colorado. Entomologica Americana, 1: 17.
    • Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2018. Drepanoidea, Doidae; Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part): Pygaerinae, Notodontinae, Cerurinae, Phalerinae, Periergosinae, Dudusinae, Hemiceratinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1A: 82; pl. A-2, figs. 10-13 (order).
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 33.44m; p. 249. Book Review and ordering
    • Schintlmeister, A., 2013. Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera)?. World Catalogue of Insects, 11: 1-608.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
    Pheosidea elegans
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    Pheosidea elegans
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    Pheosidea elegans
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    Pheosidea elegans
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    Pheosidea elegans
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    Pheosidea elegans
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