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Noctuidae 931785.6 – 10044   Sympistis acuna (Barnes, 1907)

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Similar Species: Oxycnemis gracillinea (Grote, 1881) tends to be less contrastingly marked. Leucocnemis variabilis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 typically has hind wings pale smoky brown. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: acuna Barnes 1907 (Oxycnemis) - MONA 1983: 10044; Type locality: San Antonio, TX adustus Smith 1907 (Oxycnemis); Type locality: San Antonio, TX Taxonomic Notes: Sympistis acuna (Barnes, 1907), n. comb., was formerly in the genus Oxycnemis (Schmidt in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

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. Barnes, W., 1907. New species of North America Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 39: 67. Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order). Smith, J.B., 1907. New species of Noctuidæ for 1907. No. 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 33: 139. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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