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

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Similar Species: 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 (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) 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

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