Moth Photographers Group – Eudesmia menea

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930175 – 8097 Eudesmia menea (Drury, 1782)

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Synonymy:	menea (Drury, 1782) (Arctia) laetifera (Walker, [1865]) (Ruscino) (var. of menea) - MONA 1983: 8097; TL: Mexico. latifasciatus (Butler, 1875) (Ruscino) ("local form of R. menea"); TL: "Veragua".
Taxonomic Notes:	Eudesmia menea (Drury, 1782) includes as a synonym Ruscino laetifera Walker, [1865] in Ferguson & Opler (2006).

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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Ferguson, D.C. & P.A. Opler, 2006. Checklist of the Arctiidae (Lepidoptera: Insecta) of the continental United States and Canada. Zootaxa, 1299: 1-33. (abstract and access (fee))
Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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