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Noctuidae 932213.3 – 9562.1   Acroria pulchra (Möschler, 1886)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: pulchra (Möschler, 1886) (Alibama) niphanda (Druce, 1889) (Dargida) terens of authors; (not Walker, 1857) (Hadena) misid. Taxonomic Notes: Acroria pulchra (Möschler, 1886) was first recorded in the US from Texas by Knudson and Bordelon in the 1994 Season Summary of Lepid. Soc. under the name Acroria terens. A. pulchra includes as a synonym A. terens of authors; (not Walker, 1857). A. terens is extralimital. ZooKeys, 527: 140.

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. Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2015. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III. ZooKeys, 527: 127-147. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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