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Noctuidae
932756 – 10471   Stretchia plusiaeformis Edwards, 1874
Distribution Data for Stretchia plusiaeformis
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Distribution: Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data.
Type locality (plusiaeformis): White Pine, NV.
Type locality (coloradicola): Colorado.
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Synonymy: Stretchia plusiaeformis Edwards, 1874
Stretchia coloradicola Strand, 1917
Stretchia plusiiformis Poole, 1989
Taxonomic Notes: Stretchia plusiaeformis Edwards, 1874 was incorrectly updated to plusiiformis by Lafontaine and Schmidt (2015) following Poole (1989); the correct original spelling is plusiaeformis, ZooKeys, 788: 249.
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Edwards, H., 1874. Pacific Coast Lepidoptera. No 4. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Heterocera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 5: 267.
  • Schmidt, B.C., J.D. Lafontaine & J.T. Troubridge, 2018. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV. ZooKeys, 788: 241-252.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
  • Strand, E., 1916. Neue Aberrationen der Noctuiden-Subfamilien Hadeninae, Erastriinae, Catocalinae, Moiminae und Phytometrinae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A., 82(2): 30.
Stretchia plusiaeformis
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Stretchia plusiaeformis
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Stretchia plusiaeformis
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