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Notodontidae
930086 – 7994   Cecrita guttivitta Walker, 1855
             Saddled Prominent

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Distribution: Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data.
Eastern US and Canada - Miller et al. (2021)
Type locality (guttivitta): Nova Scotia.
Type locality (albiplaga): Nova Scotia.
Type locality (cinereus): Brinswick, ME.
Type locality (doubledayi): St. Johns Bluff, FL.
Type locality (harrisii): Massachusetts, MA.
Type locality (form hugoi): Finleyville, PA.
Type locality (indeterminata): "United States".
Type locality (mucorea): "Amer. spt.".
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Synonymy: Cecrita guttivitta Walker, 1855
Cecrita albiplaga Walker, 1856
Lochmaeus cinereus Packard, 1864
Heterocampa doubledayi Scudder, 1869
Lochmaeus harrisii Packard, 1864
Heterocampa hugoi Chermock & Chermock, 1940
Drymonia indeterminata Walker, 1865
Drymonia mucorea Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
Taxonomic Notes: Cecrita guttivitta Walker, 1855, n. comb. in Becker (2014), was formerly in the genus Heterocampa in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist).
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Becker, V.O., 2014. Checklist of New World Notodontidae (Noctuoidea). Lepidoptera Novae, 7(1): 1-40.
  • Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2021. Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 86; pl. A-15, figs. 1-9; pl. 54, fig. 1 (♂ gen.); pl. 70, fig. 7 (♂ sternum 8); pl. 82, fig. 7 (♀ gen.); pl. L-14, fig. 1 (larva). - order
  • Species Page at Block Island Moths
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
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