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North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Noctuidae 932425 – 9443 – "Photedes" defecta (Grote, 1874)

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"Photedes" defecta: Formerly placed in the genera Chortodes and Hypocoena, placement in the genus Photedes is provisional in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010), ZooKeys, 40: 150.

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) 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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