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Noctuidae
931253.5 – 8562   Concana mundissima Walker, [1858]

© Carol Wolf
Distribution: USA: Florida.
Similar Species:
  • Concana mundissima of authors; not Walker, [1858] is found in southern TX.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • mundissima Walker, [1858] (Concana) - MONA 1983: 8562
      Type locality: Dominican Republic.
  • hoshea (Druce, 1889) (Hecatera)
  • mundula Dognin, 1912 (Concana)
  • splendens (Möschler, 1880) (Thelidora)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Concana mundissima Walker, [1858]: the genus Concana is placed in the subfamily Bagisarinae by Keegan et al. (2021) following suggested placement in Zahiri et al. (2013).
    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.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAD0868 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Dognin, P., 1912. Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud, 4: 7. (mundula)
    • Druce, H., 1881-1900. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1: 291; pl. 27, fig. 22. (hoshea)
    • Möschler, 1880. Beiträge zur Schmetterliügs-Faima von Surinam. III. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 30: 392; pl. 9, fig. 46. (splendens)
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Walker, F., 1857. Noctuidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London, 12: 940. (mundissima)
    • Zahiri, R., J.D. Lafontaine, J.D. Holloway, I.J. Kitching, B.C. Schmidt, L. Kaila, N. Wahlberg, 2013. Major lineages of Nolidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) elucidated by molecular phylogenetics. Cladistics. website
    Concana mundissima
    © Carol Wolf
    Concana mundissima
    27mm - LG – © Jim Vargo

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