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Notodontidae
930098 – 8005   Schizura ipomaeae Doubleday, 1841
             Morning-glory Prominent

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Distribution: Throughout southern Canada and all of the US except NV and AZ. - Miller et al. (2021)
Similar Species:
  • Schizura obligata (Dyar, 1919) replaces ipomaeae in AZ; best separated by genitalia.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • ipomaeae Doubleday 1841 (Schizura); Type locality: St. Johns Bluff, FL
  • biguttatus Packard 1864 (Coelodasys)
  • cinereofrons Packard 1864 (Coelodasys); Type locality: Cambridge, MA
  • compta Walker 1865 (Heterocampa); Type locality: Orilla, [sic. Orillia, ON]
  • confusa Walker 1865 (Drymonia); Type locality: Orilla, [sic. Orillia, ON]
  • corticea Walker 1865 (Heterocampa); Type locality: United States
  • ducens Walker 1865 (Heterocampa); Type locality: Orilla, [sic. Orillia, ON]
  • ipomoeae Doubleday 1841 (Schizura)
  • nigrosignata Walker 1865 (Heterocampa); Type locality: North America
  • telifer Grote 1880 (Coelodasys); Type locality: Texas; Georgia
  • ustipennis Walker 1865 (Heterocampa); Type locality: North America
  • Taxonomic Notes: Schizura ipomaeae Doubleday, 1841 is returned to it's origianl spelling in Miller et al. (2021) having been previously listed "ipomoeae" with ipomaeae Doubleday, 1841 (incorr. orig. spell.) as a synonym in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist).
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Doubleday, E., 1841. Character's of three new Genera of Notodontidae, from North America. The Entomologist, 1: 60.
    • Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2021. Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 122; pl. A-16, figs. 33-37; pl. 57, fig. 1 (♂ gen.); pl. 72, fig. 1 (♂ sternum 8); pl. 85, fig. 2 (♀ gen.); pl. L-16, figs. 7, 8 (larva). - order
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 42.20m; p. 251. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
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