Moth Photographers Group – Drepana arcuata

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Drepanidae

850019 – 6251 Drepana arcuata Walker, 1855

Arched Hooktip Moth

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Synonymy:	arcuata Walker, 1855 (Drepana) - MONA 1983: 6251 alaskensis Barnes & Benjamin, 1922 (Drepana) N. SYN. fabula (Grote, 1862) (Platypteryx) genicula (Grote, 1862) (Platypteryx) grotei Barnes & Benjamin, 1922 (Drepana) siculifer Packard, 1872 (Drepana) N. SYN.
Taxonomic Notes:	Drepana arcuata Walker, 1855 includes as a synonym the former subspecies siculifer Packard, 1872 in Schmidt (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 27.1f; p. 201. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Species Page at Mass Moths
Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
Species Page at iNaturalist
Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

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