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Erebidae 931000 – 8673.1   Toxonprucha excavata (Walker, 1865)

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Distribution: USA: TX, AZ, FL. Similar Species: 931000.1 Toxonprucha scitior: is best separated by genitalia or DNA barcode. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: excavata (Walker, 1865) (Homoptera) - MONA 1983: [NEW in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)]; TL: "St. Domingo". amoena Möschler, 1890 (Toxonprucha); TL: Puerto Rico. . diffundens of authors; (not Walker, 1858) (Celaena) misid. minuscula (Walker, 1865) (Homoptera); TL: "St. Domingo". Taxonomic Notes: Toxonprucha excavata (Walker, 1865) includes as a synonyms 8673.1 Toxonprucha diffundens of authors; (not Walker, 1858) and T. amoena Möschler, 1890 in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015), ZooKeys, 527: 137.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) 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. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist Walker, F., 1865. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 33: 879.

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