Moth Photographers Group – Tecmessa scitiscripta

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Notodontidae

930030.00 – 7942 – Tecmessa scitiscripta (Walker, 1865) – Black-etched Prominent

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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:	Tecmessa scitiscripta (Walker, 1865) was formerly in the genus Cerura, World Catalogue of Insects. 11: 454.

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.
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.