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Noctuidae 932987 – 10359   Lasionycta benjamini (Hill, 1927)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: benjamini (Hill, 1927) (Lascionycta [sic]) - MONA 1983: 10359 ssp. a. benjamini (Hill, 1927) (Lascionycta [sic]) - MONA 1983: 10359; Holotype: Mammoth, Inyo Co., CA. ssp. b. medaminosa Crabo & Lafontaine, 2009 (Lasionycta)

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. Crabo, L. & D. Lafontaine, 2009. A Revision of Lasionycta Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) for North America and notes on Eurasian species, with descriptions of 17 new species, 6 new subspecies, a new genus, and two new species of Tricholita Grote. ZooKeys, 30: 1-156. Hill, C.A., 1927. Three new moths from the southwest. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 26(1): 6. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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