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Nolidae
931138 – 8998   Nola involuta Dyar, 1898

LG - © Rich Schilk
Distribution: USA: southern CA.
Similar Species:
  • Nola minna Butler, 1881 averages lager and males have simple antennae, not plumose as in involuta.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • involuta Dyar, 1898 (Nola); TL: ♂ Los Angeles, CA; ♀ Santa Barbara, CA.
  • apera of authors; not Druce, 1897 (Nola) misappl.; TL: Jalapa, Mexico.
  • aphyla (Hampson, 1900) (Celama); TL: California.
  • exposita Dyar, 1898 (Nola); TL: Phoenix, AZ.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Nola involuta Dyar, 1898 includes as synonyms apera of authors; (not Druce, 1897) (a species not found north of Mexico), exposita (treated as a ssp. of apera Dyar, 1898 in the 1983 checklist) and aphyla (Hampson, 1900) in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2011).
    References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD)
    • Druce, H., 1891-1900. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2: 404.
    • Dyar, H.G., 1898. New American Moths and Synonymical Notes. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 6: 42 (involuta); 43 (exposita).
    • Hampson, G.F., 1900. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosinae) in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 2: 11; pl. 18, fig. 6.
    • Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2011. Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 149: 145-161.
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 46.7f; p. 263. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    Nola involuta
    LG - © Mark Dreiling
    Nola involuta
    [T] - LG - © Mark Dreiling
    Nola involuta
    17mm - LG – © Canadian Nat'l. Coll.
    Nola involuta
    LG(cc) San Diego Nat. Hist. Mus.
    Nola involuta
    LG(cc) San Diego Nat. Hist. Mus.

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