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Noctuidae 931489 – 9275   Acronicta lupini (Grote, 1873)              The Little Bear

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Distribution: Canada: YT, NT, BC, AB, MB, QC, NL; USA: WA south to southern CA and west to CO and SD - Schmidt & Anweiler (2020). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: lupini (Grote, 1873) (Acronycta) - MONA 1983: 9275   Type locality: CA, USA. atlinensis (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926) (Merolonche)   Type locality: Atlin, BC, Canada. australis (Mustelin & Leuschner, 2000) (Merolonche)   Type locality: Sugarloaf Mtn., San Bernardino Co., CA, USA. lupina McDunnough, 1938 (Acronicta) missp. ursina (Smith, 1898) (Merolonche)   Type locality: CO, USA. ursini Smith, 1911 (Acronicta) missp. Taxonomic Notes: Acronicta lupini (Grote, 1873), formerly in the genus Merolonche (Lafontaine & Schmidt 2010), includes as synonyms atlinensis Barnes & Benjamin [9278] (Lafontaine & Schmidt 2010), ursina Smith [9279] (Pohl et al. 2010), and australis Mustelin & Leuschner, 2000 [9275.1] (Schmidt & Anweiler 2020).

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. Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239. Mustelin, T., R. Leuschner, K. Mikkola & D.J. Lafontaine, 2000. Two New Genera And Thirteen New Species Of Owlet Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Mainly From Southern California. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 36: 4. Pohl, G.R., G.G. Anweiler, B.C. Schmidt, & N.G. Kondla, 2010. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. ZooKeys, 38: 1-549. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 50.42f; p. 283. Book Review and ordering Schmidt, B.C. & G.G. Anweiler, 2020. Noctuidae (Part) Pantheinae, Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 25.4: 240; pl. A-18, figs. 1-8 (adult); pl. 28, fig. 5 (♂ gen.); pl. 44, fig. 1 (♀ gen.); pl. L-17, fig. 5. (larva) (order). Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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