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Erebidae 931019 – 8686   Zale strigimacula (Guenée, 1852)

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Distribution: Texas to Brazil Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: strigimacula (Guenée, 1852) (Homoptera)   Type locality: Pernambuco, Brazil. erilda Schaus, 1940 (Zale)   Type locality: Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Taxonomic Notes: Zale strigimacula (Guenée, 1852), known only from southern TX and south, is returned to the list in Schmidt, Lafontaine & Troubridge (2018), ZooKeys, 788: 246, after having previously been removed in Lafontaine & Schmidt 2015. (Reports of strigimacula from FL refer to Z. lafontainei Troubridge, 2020.) The identity of this species is tentatively fixed based in part on type locality, Brazil, and is represented at BOLD in BIN group BOLD:AAD0033. (It is possible that Zale sp. nr. strigimacula is "true" Z. strigimacula, however, that species is unknown from Brazil.) Records from TX previously identified as Z. obsita refer to this species or nr. strigimacula.

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. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAD0033 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification. Guenée, M.A., 1852. Noctuelites, 3. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 7: 11. 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. Schmidt, B.C., J.D. Lafontaine & J.T. Troubridge, 2018. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV. ZooKeys, 788: 241-252. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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