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Noctuidae 932928 – 10431   Dargida diffusa (Walker, 1856)              Wheat Head Armyworm

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: diffusa (Walker, 1856) (Leucania) - MONA 1983: 10431 ssp. a. diffusa (Walker, 1856) (Leucania) - MONA 1983: 10431 albilinea of authors; (not Hübner, [1821]) (Leucania) misappl. (synonym of ssp. diffusa) harveyi (Grote, 1873) (Leucania) (synonym of ssp. diffusa) moderata (Walker, 1856) (Leucania) (synonym of ssp. diffusa) terrapictalis (Buckett, 1969) (Faronta) (synonym of ssp. diffusa) ssp. b. obscurior (Smith, 1902) (Leucania) ssp. c. limitata (Smith, 1902) (Leucania) ssp. d. neptis (Smith, 1902) (Leucania) Taxonomic Notes: Dargida diffusa (Walker, 1856) includes as a synonym 10432 Dargida terrapictalis, "a dark form of the species that occurs from southern British Columbia to central California and could be treated as a subspecies if desired." Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015), ZooKeys, 527: 142. This species was transferred from the genus Faronta by Rodríguez and Angulo (2005).

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. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) 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. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 55.40f; p. 304. Book Review and ordering Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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