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Erebidae 930500 – 8353   Zanclognatha jacchusalis (Walker, 1859)              Wavy-lined Zanclognatha

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: jacchusalis (Walker, 1859) (Herminia) - MONA 1983: 8352 ssp. a. jacchusalis (Walker, 1859) (Herminia) - MONA 1983: 8352  ochreipennis (Grote, 1872) (Herminia) (synonym of ssp. jacchusalis) ssp. b. lutalba (Smith, 1906) (Bomolocha) ssp. c. bryanti Barnes, 1928 (Zanclognatha) Taxonomic Notes: Zanclognatha jacchusalis includes as a synonym ochreipennis Grote, 1872 [8353] in Lafontaine & Honey (2009) and as subspecies Z. bryanti Barnes, 1928, a former subspecies of ochreipennis, in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2013) and lutalba Smith, 1906 [8354]. This species, formerly listed as 8352 in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), was renumbered when it was synonymized with ochreipennis and it's former synonym marcidilinea (Grote, 1872) was returned to full species.

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. Forbes, W.T.M., 1954. Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Part III. Noctuidae. Cornell University Agriculture Experimental Station Memoirs, 329: 395-399 (Zanclognatha). Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2013. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 264: 227-236. Lafontaine J.D. & M.R. Honey, 2009. Taxonomic changes to the names Zanclognatha jaccusalis and Z. ochreipennis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Herminiinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 2(1): 41-43. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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