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Noctuidae 931878 – 10135.4   Sympistis major (Grote, 1881)

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Similar Species: See 10135.7 Sympistis chons Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: major Grote 1881 (Oncocnemis); Type locality: Colorado deserticola McDunnough 1941 (Oncocnemis); Type locality: Morongo Valley, CA Taxonomic Notes: Sympistis major (Grote, 1881) is raised to full species status from synonymy of 10135 Sympistis riparia (Morrison, 1875) in Troubridge & Crabo (1998) and includes as a synonym Sympistis deserticola (McDunnough, 1941) [10135.3] in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) based on DNA barcode. Originally described as a variety of 10135 Sympistis riparia (Morrison, 1875), deserticola was raised to full species status in Troubridge (2008) based in part on DNA barcode of a population in the Owens Valley. However, Lafontaine & Schmidt found that specimens from the type locality of deserticola had barcodes matching that of major. The status of the Owens Valley population is unresolved.

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. Grote, A.R., 1881. Moths Collected by Prof. Snow in New Mexico, with List of Eudriini. Papilio, 1(3): 33. Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239. McDunnough, J.H., 1941. Oncocnemis Riparia Morr. and its Races. The Canadian Entomologist, 73(9): 171-174. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths Troubridge J. & L. Crabo, 1998. New Oncocnemis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from the Pacific Northwest. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 95: 46. Troubridge, J.T., 2008. A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini sensu Hodges (1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), with descriptions of a new genus and 50 new species. Zootaxa, 1903: 1-95. (abstract)

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