Saturniidae
890068.10 –
7754.2 Agapema anona dyari
Cockerell, 1914
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| Distribution: |
Trans-Pecos region of western Texas and southern New Mexico - Peigler & Kendall (1993).
Type locality: Chihauhua, Mexico. |
| Similar Species: |
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Taxonomic Notes: |
Agapema anona dyari Cockerell, 1914, originally described as a subspecies and later raised to full species status in Peigler & Kendall (1993), is returned to subspecies status is Kitching et al. (2018). Work by Rubinoff & Doorenweerd (2020) supports a return to full species status. |
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| References |
- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
- Kitching, I., R. Rougerie, A. Zwick, C. Hamilton, R. St Laurent, S. Naumann, L. Ballesteros Mejia, A. Kawahara, 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal, 6: e22236.
- Packard, A.S., 1914. Monograph of the bombycine moths of North America, part 3 (edited by T. D. A. Cockerell). Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, 12: 159; pl. 59, figs. 5 ♂, 6 ♀.
- Peigler, R.S. & R.O. Kendall, 1993. A review of the genus Agapema (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Proceedings of the Denver Museum of Natural History, 3(3): 1-22.
- Rubinoff, D.C. & C. Doorenweerd, 2020. Systematics and Biogeography Reciprocally Illuminate Taxonomic Revisions in the Silkmoth Genus Saturnia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 74(1): 1-6.
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
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