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Noctuidae 932380 – 9414   "Oligia" violacea (Grote, 1881)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: violacea (Grote, 1881) (Hadena) mispl. - MONA 1983: 9414 ssp. a. violacea (Grote, 1881) (Hadena) mispl. - MONA 1983: 9414 ssp. b. columbia (McDunnough, 1927) (Oligia) mispl. Taxonomic Notes: "Oligia" violacea: Generic placement is provisional in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010), ZooKeys, 40: 149.

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. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 53.23m; p. 296. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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