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Noctuidae 932558 – 9925   Lithophane lepida Grote, 1878

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Similar Species: Other members of the Lithophane lepida complex, see key in Troubridge & Lafontaine (2003). Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: lepida Grote 1878 (Lithophane) - MONA 1983: 9925 lepida Lintner 1878 (Lithophane) adipel Benjamin 1936 (Graptolitha) - MONA 1983: 9925.1 Taxonomic Notes: Lithophane lepida Grote, 1878 includes as a subspecies adipel Benjamin, 1936, n. stat. (Schmidt in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) (adipel) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Barcode of Life (BOLD) (lepida) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order). Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Troubridge, J., & J.D. Lafontaine, 2003. A review of the pine-feeding Lithophane lepida species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with descriptions of two new species. The Canadian Entomologist, 135(1): 53-62.

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