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Crambidae 80a1022 – 5274   Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854)              Dusky Herpetogramma

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Distribution: Canada: ON (rare migrant); USA: southeastern states (Handfield & Handfield 2021). Genitalia: See Handfield & Handfield (2021). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Botys phaeopteralis Guenée, 1854 • Botys additalis Walker, 1862 • Botys cellatalis Walker, [1866] • Botys communalis Snellen, [1875] • Acharana descripta Warren, 1892 • Botys inhonestalis Walker, [1866] • Botys intricatalis Möschler, 1890 • Botys neloalis Walker, 1859 • Botys otreusalis Walker, 1859 • Botys plebejalis Lederer, 1863 • Botys triarialis Walker, 1859 • Botys tridentalis Snellen, 1872 • Botys vecordalis Guenée, 1854 • Botys vestalis Walker, 1859

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ABY7602 Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Handfield, L. & D. Handfield, 2021. A revision of the Canadian species of the Genus Herpetogramma Lederer, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae: Herpetogrammatini), with descriptions of three new species. Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 70 (1): 173-199. Solis M.A., 2010. North American Herpetogramma Lederer, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae): type specimens and identity of species in the United States and Canada. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 112(3): 451-463. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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