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Notodontidae

930086 – 7994 Cecrita guttivitta Walker, 1855

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Distribution:	Eastern US and Canada - Miller et al. (2021)
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	guttivitta Walker, 1855 (Cecrita) - MONA 1983: 7994 Type locality: Nova Scotia. albiplaga Walker, 1856 (Cecrita) Type locality: Nova Scotia. cinereus (Packard, 1864) (Lochmaeus) Type locality: Brinswick, ME. doubledayi (Scudder, 1869) (Heterocampa) Type locality: St. Johns Bluff, FL. harrisii (Packard, 1864) (Coelodasys) Type locality: Massachusetts, MA. hugoi (Chermock & Chermock, 1940) (Heterocampa) Type locality: Finleyville, PA. indeterminata (Walker, 1865) (Drymonia) Type locality: "United States". mucorea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856) (Drymonia) Type locality: "Amer. spt.".
Taxonomic Notes:	Cecrita guttivitta Walker, 1855, n. comb. in Becker (2014), was formerly in the genus Heterocampa in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist).

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.
Becker, V.O., 2014. Checklist of New World Notodontidae (Noctuoidea). Lepidoptera Novae, 7(1): 1-40.
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: 86; pl. A-15, figs. 1-9; pl. 54, fig. 1 (♂ gen.); pl. 70, fig. 7 (♂ sternum 8); pl. 82, fig. 7 (♀ gen.); pl. L-14, fig. 1 (larva). - order
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