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Erebidae 930847 – 8865   Catocala praeclara Grote & Robinson, 1866              Praeclara Underwing

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: praeclara Grote & Robinson 1866 (Catocala) - MONA 1983: 8865 ssp. a. praeclara Grote & Robinson 1866 (Catocala) - MONA 1983: 8865 ssp. b. manitoba Beutenmüller 1908 (Catocala) ssp. c. charlottae Brou 1988 (Catocala) Taxonomic Notes: Catocala praeclara Grote & Robinson, 1866 includes as subspecies Catocala manitoba Beutenmüller, 1908 and Catocala charlottae Brou, 1988 in Gall & Hawks (2010).

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. Gall, L. & D. Hawks, 2010. Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) IV. Nomenclatorial stabilization of the Nearctic fauna, with a revised synonymic check list. ZooKeys, 39: 37-83. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Species Page at Bill Oehlke's moth website - Catocala praeclara Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths

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