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Euteliidae 931105.1 – 8968   Marathyssa pulcherrimus (Grote, 1865)              Beautiful Eutelia

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: pulcherrimus (Grote, 1865) (Ripogenus) - MONA 1983: 8968   Type locality: Hoboken, NJ. dentifera (Walker, 1865) (Eutelia) Taxonomic Notes: Marathyssa pulcherrimus (Grote, 1865), new combination following Zahiri et al. (2023), was formerly in the genus Eutelia.

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. Grote, A.R., 1865. Descriptions of North American Lepidoptera, No. 6. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia., 4: 326. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 46.4.; p. 263. Book Review and ordering Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Zahiri, R., J.D. Holloway, J. Rota, B. C. Schmidt, M.J. Pellinen, I. Kitching J., S.E. Miller & N. Wahlberg, 2023. Evolutionary history of Euteliidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology , 48(3): 445-462.

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