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Notodontidae

930098 – 8005 Schizura ipomaeae Doubleday, 1841

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Distribution:	Throughout southern Canada and all of the US except NV and AZ. - Miller et al. (2021)
Similar Species:	Schizura obligata (Dyar, 1919) replaces ipomaeae in AZ; best separated by genitalia. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	ipomaeae Doubleday, 1841 (Schizura) - MONA 1983: [NEW in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)]; TL: St. Johns Bluff, FL. biguttatus (Packard, 1864) (Coelodasys) cinereofrons (Packard, 1864) (Coelodasys); TL: Cambridge, MA. compta (Walker, 1865) (Heterocampa); TL: Orilla, [sic. Orillia, ON]. confusa (Walker, 1865) (Drymonia); TL: Orilla, [sic. Orillia, ON]. corticea (Walker, 1865) (Heterocampa); TL: United States. ducens (Walker, 1865) (Heterocampa); TL: Orilla, [sic. Orillia, ON]. ipomoeae Doubleday, 1841 (Schizura) emend. nigrosignata (Walker, 1865) (Heterocampa); TL: North America. telifer (Grote, 1880) (Coelodasys); TL: Texas; Georgia. ustipennis (Walker, 1865) (Heterocampa); TL: North America.
Taxonomic Notes:	Schizura ipomaeae Doubleday, 1841 is returned to it's origianl spelling in Miller et al. (2021) having been previously listed "ipomoeae" with ipomaeae Doubleday, 1841 (incorr. orig. spell.) as a synonym in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist).

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

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Doubleday, E., 1841. Character's of three new Genera of Notodontidae, from North America. The Entomologist, 1: 60.
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: 122; pl. A-16, figs. 33-37; pl. 57, fig. 1 (♂ gen.); pl. 72, fig. 1 (♂ sternum 8); pl. 85, fig. 2 (♀ gen.); pl. L-16, figs. 7, 8 (larva). - order
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 42.20m; p. 251. Book Review and ordering
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