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Cossidae 53a0004 – 2699.1   Carohamilia masoni (Schaus, 1892)

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Genitalia: See Yakovlev et al., (2019). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: masoni (Schaus, 1892) (Zeuzera) REV. COMB. - MONA 1983: [NEW in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)] Taxonomic Notes: Carohamilia masoni Schaus, 1892, n. comb. (Naydenov et al. 2023). This species was previously transferred to the genus Psychonoctua in Blanchard & Knudson (1985) and then to Aramos in Schoorl (1990:125). In synonymizing Aramos with Brypoctia, Yakovlev, et al. (2019:408) excluded masoni from both Brypoctia and Psychonoctua leaving it's placement undetermined. Consequently, Young (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) provisionally listed the species as a revised combination in "Zeuzera"".

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Blanchard, A. & E.C.Knudson, 1985. Psychonoctua masoni (Schaus), new combination (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Zeuzerinae), redescription and first records from Texas and USA. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 87: 426-431; figs. 1-16 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). Schoorl, J.W., 1990. A Phylogenetic Study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) Based on External Adult Morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 263: 1-295. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist Yakovlev, R.V., F. Penco and T. Witt, 2019. Review of the Genus Brypoctia Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) with Descriptions of Five New Species from Central and South America. Entomological Review, 99(3): 407-415. PDF

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