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Noctuidae 931491 – 9276   Acronicta spinea (Grote, 1876)

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Distribution: Type locality: California. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Apatela spinea Grote, 1876 Taxonomic Notes: Acronicta spinea was formerly in the genus Merolonche (Lafontaine & Schmidt 2010),

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. Grote, A.R., 1877. On Noctuidae from the Pacific Coast of North America . Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 3: 78. Schmidt, B.C. & G.G. Anweiler, 2020. Noctuidae (Part) Pantheinae, Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 25.4: 242; pl. A-18, figs. 9-12 (adult); pl. 28, fig. 6 (♂ gen.); pl. 44, fig. 2 (♀ gen.); pl. L-17, fig. 6. (larva) (order). Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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