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Noctuidae
932384 – 9416   "Oligia" minuscula (Morrison, 1875)
             Small Brocade

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Synonymy:
  • minuscula (Morrison, 1875) (Orthosia) mispl. - MONA 1983: 9416
  • ssp. a. minuscula (Morrison, 1875) (Orthosia) mispl. - MONA 1983: 9416
      Type locality: Tuckernuck Island, near Nantucke.
  • ssp. b. grahami (Benjamin, 1933) (Oligia) mispl.
  • Taxonomic Notes: "Oligia" minuscula: 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.
    • Morrison, H.K., 1875. Descriptions of new Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17: 147.
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths

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