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Erebidae 930183.1 – 8066.1   Cisthene schwarziorum (Dyar, 1899)              Schwarz's Lichen Moth

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Distribution: USA: AZ. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: schwarziorum (Dyar, 1899) (Ozodania) N. STAT.   Type locality: Oracle, AZ. Taxonomic Notes: Cisthene schwarziorum (Dyar, 1899), n. stat., formerly a subspecies of Cisthene tenuifascia Harvey, 1875, is raised to full species (Schmidt in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAC4271 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification. Dyar, H.G., 1899. A new Lithosian. Psyche, 8: 359-360. Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order). Sexton, C., & H. McGuinness, 2017. Identification of lichen moths in the genus Cisthene in the central and eastern U.S. Southern Lepidopterists' News, (39(4): 309-322. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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