Moth Photographers Group – Americerura scitiscripta

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Notodontidae

930030.00 – 7942 Americerura scitiscripta (Walker, 1865)

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Distribution:	Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data.
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	• Cerura scitiscripta Walker, 1865 • Cerura canadensis McDunnough, 1932 • Cerura multiscripta Riley, 1875 • Dicranura platea Schaus, 1890
Taxonomic Notes:	Americerura scitiscripta (Walker, 1865), n. comb. (St Laurent et al. 2023), was previously placed in the genus Tecmessa (Schintlmeister 2013:454) and in the genus Cerura in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist).

References

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Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2018. Drepanoidea, Doidae; Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part): Pygaerinae, Notodontinae, Cerurinae, Phalerinae, Periergosinae, Dudusinae, Hemiceratinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1A: 130; pl. A-4, figs. 25-32 (order).
Schintlmeister, A., 2013. Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera)?. World Catalogue of Insects, 11: 1-608.
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Species Page at Mass Moths
St Laurent, R.A.,P.Z Goldstein, J.S Miller, A. Markee, H.S Staude, A.Y Kawahara, S.E Miller, R.K Robbins, 2023. Phylogenetic systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cerurinae (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and a description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 7(2) 1-25.