Noctuidae
931878 –
10135.4 Sympistis major
(Grote, 1881)
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| Similar Species: |
- See 10135.7 Sympistis chons
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
major (Grote, 1881) (Oncocnemis)
Type locality: Colorado.deserticola (McDunnough, 1941) (Oncocnemis)
Type locality: Morongo Valley, CA. |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Sympistis major (Grote, 1881) is raised to full species status from synonymy of 10135 Sympistis riparia (Morrison, 1875) in Troubridge & Crabo (1998) and includes as a synonym Sympistis deserticola (McDunnough, 1941) [10135.3] in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) based on DNA barcode. Originally described as a variety of 10135 Sympistis riparia (Morrison, 1875), deserticola was raised to full species status in Troubridge (2008) based in part on DNA barcode of a population in the Owens Valley. However, Lafontaine & Schmidt found that specimens from the type locality of deserticola had barcodes matching that of major. The status of the Owens Valley population is unresolved. |
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| 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.
- Grote, A.R., 1881. Moths Collected by Prof. Snow in New Mexico, with List of Eudriini. Papilio, 1(3): 33.
- Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239.
- McDunnough, J.H., 1941. Oncocnemis Riparia Morr. and its Races. The Canadian Entomologist, 73(9): 171-174.
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
- Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
- Troubridge J. & L. Crabo, 1998. New Oncocnemis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from the Pacific Northwest. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 95: 46.
- Troubridge, J.T., 2008. A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini sensu Hodges (1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), with descriptions of a new genus and 50 new species. Zootaxa, 1903: 1-95. (abstract)
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