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Erebidae
930195 – 8078   Cisthene martini Knowlton, 1967

© Charles W. Melton
Similar Species:
  • Cisthene martinibarnesii and coronado cannot be reliably separated using DNA barcoding; C. coronado may be the same species as martini, PLoS ONE 12 (6): e0178548; Supplementary Table S8. (C. barnesii is separated by gray vertex and narrow pm. band.)
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • martini Knowlton 1967 (Cisthene) - MONA 1983: 8078
  • 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.
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 46.21m; p. 265. Book Review and ordering
    • 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
    • Zahiri R., J.D. Lafontaine, B.C. Schmidt, J.R. deWaard, E.V. Zakharov, P.D.N. Hebert, 2017. Probing planetary biodiversity with DNA barcodes: The Noctuoidea of North America. PLoS ONE, 12(6): e0178548.
    Cisthene martini
    © Tom Murray
    Cisthene martini
    16mm – © Jim Vargo

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