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Notodontidae
930075 – 7983   Heterocampa obliqua Packard, 1864
             Oblique Heterocampa

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Distribution: Eastern US and Canada - Miller et al. (2021)
Type locality (obliqua): New York.
Type locality (brunnea): Pennsylvania.
Type locality (trouvelotii): Medford, MA.
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Synonymy: Heterocampa obliqua Packard, 1864
Heterocampa brunnea Grote & Robinson, 1867
Heterocampa trouvelotii Packard, 1864
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.
  • Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2021. Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 75; pl. A-14, figs. 1-5; pl. 53, fig. 1 (♂ gen.); pl. 70, fig. 1 (♂ sternum 8); pl. 82, fig. 1 (♀ gen.); pl. L-13, figs. 1, 2 (larva). - order
  • Species Page at Block Island Moths
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
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