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Noctuidae 931427 – 9206   Acronicta vulpina (Grote, 1883)              Miller Dagger

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Synonymy: vulpina (Grote, 1883) (Apatela) - MONA 1983: [NEW in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)]; TL: Dorcas Bay, ON. cassinoi (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926) (Apatela) cretatoides (Benjamin, 1935) (Apatela) leporina of authors; (not Linnaeus, 1758) (Phalaena) misappl. - MONA 1983: [9206] moesta (Dyar, 1904) (Apatela) sancta (Edwards, 1888) (Apatela) Taxonomic Notes: Acronicta vulpina (Grote, 1883), listed as a subspecies of Acronicta leporina (extralimital), in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), is treated as a full species in Kononenko et al. (1989), Mikkola et al. (1991), and Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010).

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) Schmidt, B.C. & G.G. Anweiler, 2020. Noctuidae (Part) Pantheinae, Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 25.4: 167; pl. A-11, figs. 12-16 (adult); pl. 21, fig. 3 (♂ gen.); pl. 38, fig. 8 (♀ gen.); pl. L-8, fig. 2 (larva) (order). 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

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