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930098.00 – 8005 Schizura ipomaeae Doubleday, 1841

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Distribution:	Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data. Throughout southern Canada and all of the US except NV and AZ. - Miller et al. (2021) Type locality (ipomaeae): St. Johns Bluff, FL. Type locality (biguttata): Cambridge, MA. Type locality (cinereofrons): Cambridge, MA. Type locality (compta): Orilla, [sic. Orillia, ON]. Type locality (confusa): Orilla, [sic. Orillia, ON]. Type locality (corticea): United States. Type locality (ducens): Orilla, [sic. Orillia, ON]. Type locality (nigrosignata): North America Type locality (telifer): Texas; Georgia. Type locality (ustipennis): North America
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Synonymy:	• Schizura ipomaeae Doubleday, 1841 • Coelodasys biguttatus Packard, 1864 • Coelodasys cinereofrons Packard, 1864 • Heterocampa compta Walker, 1865 • Drymonia confusa Walker, 1865 • Heterocampa corticea Walker, 1865 • Heterocampa ducens Walker, 1865 • Schizura ipomoeae Doubleday, 1841 • Heterocampa nigrosignata Walker, 1865 • Coelodasys telifer Grote, 1880 • Heterocampa ustipennis Walker, 1865
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

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
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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