Euteliidae
931107 –
8959 Paectes pygmaea
Hübner, 1818
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| Distribution: |
MA south to FL and west to MI and eastern TX - Metzler & Franclemont (1991). |
Description/
Field Marks: |
WS = 19-24 mm, "... dark hindwing with contrasting white fringe." - Metzler & Franclemont (1991). |
| Genitalia: |
See Metzler & Franclemont (1991). |
| Similar Species: |
- Paectes abrostolella averages larger with fringe of the hindwing gray or only partially white - Metzler & Franclemont (1991). The barcode tree for pygmaea and abrostolella includes at least four Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) or branches each possibly representing a good species.
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
pygmaea Hübner, 1818 (Paectes) - MONA 1983: 8959
Type locality: "Aus Georgien in Florida.".flabella (Grote, 1879) (Ingura)
Type locality: Kansas. |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Paectes pygmaea Hübner, 1818 includes as a synonym 8958 Paectes flabella (Grote 1879) in Metzler & Franclemont (1991), Jour. Lepid. Soc., 45(1): 34-41. |
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| 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.
- Hübner, J., 1818. Erstes Hundert. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, [1]: 21; pl. 19, figs. 109, 110.
- Metzler, E.H. & J.G. Franclemont, 1991. A review of four species names of Paectes from North America (Noctuidae: Euteliinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 45(1): 34-41.
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at Mass Moths
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