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Notodontidae
930017 – 7928   Notodonta torva (Hübner, 1803)
             Northern Finned Prominent

© Chris Adam
Distribution: Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data.
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Synonymy: Bombyx torva Hübner, 1803
Peridea musculus Kiriakoff, 1963
Notodonta nigra Wu & Fang, 2003
Notodonta simplaria Graef, 1881
Taxonomic Notes: Notodonta torva: Previously treated as Notodonta simplaria (Graef, 1881), now viewed as a North American form of a Holarctic species.
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • 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: 88; pl. A-2, figs. 22-25 (order).
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
  • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
Notodonta torva
© Cindy Mead
Notodonta torva
© D. Lynn Scott
Notodonta torva
© Janice Stiefel
Notodonta torva
© Jason Dombroskie
Notodonta torva
© Gary Anweiler
Notodonta torva
37mm – © Jim Vargo
Notodonta torva
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Notodonta torva
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG


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