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Notodontidae 930107 – 8014   Ianassa pallida Strecker, 1899              Pale Prominent

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Distribution: Canada: Southern BC and southwestern AB; USA: Washington east to western MT and south to central CA and southern AZ and NM - Miller et al. (2021) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: pallida Strecker, 1899 (Ianassa) - MONA 1983: 8014; TL: Seattle, WA. Taxonomic Notes: Ianassa pallida Strecker, 1899, n. comb. in Becker (2014), was formerly placed in the genus Oligocentria.

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

Barcode of Life (BOLD) 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: 161; pl. A-18, figs. 16-23; pl. 60, fig. 2 (♂ gen.); pl. 73, figs. 8a (♂ tergum 8), 8b (♂ sternum 8); pl. 87, fig. 6 (♀ gen.); pl. L-18, figs. 9, 10 (larva). - order Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 42.18m; p. 251. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths Strecker, H., 1899. Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres And Heteroceres: Indigenous And Exotic. Author, Reading, Pennsylvania, Supplement no. 2: 5.

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