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Noctuidae 931160.8 – 8558   Litoprosopus coachella Hill, 1921              Palm Flower Moth

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: coachella Hill, 1921 (Litoprosopus) - MONA 1983: 8558 Taxonomic Notes: Litoprosopus coachella Hill, 1921, formerly in the family Erebidae, is placed in the subfamily Dyopsinae within the family Noctuidae, revised status in Zahiri et al. (2013), (Lafontaine & Schmidt 2015).

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. Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2015. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III. ZooKeys, 527: 127-147. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 43.24f; p. 257. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net Zahiri R, D. Lafontaine, C.Schmidt, J.D. Holloway, I.J. Kitching, M. Mutanen, N. Wahlberg, 2013. Relationships among the basal lineages of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) based on eight gene regions. Zoologica Scripta, 42(5): 488-507.

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