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Noctuidae 932962.00 – 10458 – Leucania elephas Troubridge, 2020

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Distribution: USA: Florida Keys and TX. Holotype: USA: Florida, Monroe Co.: Bahia Honda. Genitalia: See Troubridge (2020). Similar Species: Leucania dorsalis has HW fuscous - Adams (2001). Leucania elephas has FW with "darker, more contrasting white and brown scales on the cubital vein" than in dorsalis - Troubridge (2020). Leucania februalis is found in CA. Leucania infatuans has FW with yellow tint and HW with white ground color - Adams (2001). Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Taxonomic Notes: Leucania elephas Troubridge, 2020, n. sp., Insecta Mundi, 0789: 36; Fig. 50, 100, 137, includes as a synonym [10458] Leucania humidicola of authors not Guenée, 1852. "True" L. humidicola is extralimital to the US and Canada.

References

Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Robert W. Poole's species page and map at Nearctica.com (CA population treated as L. humidicola refers to februalis. TX and FL populations refer to elephas.) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Troubridge, J.T., 2020. A new genus and 37 new noctuoid species from peninsular Florida and the Keys (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Insecta Mundi, 0789: 1-56.

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