Moth Photographers Group – Mesapamea secalis

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Noctuidae

932371.1 – 9407.1 Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Distribution:	USA: WA; Canada: BC. Introduced from Europe.
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	secalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Phalaena) didyma (Esper, 1788) (Phalaena) furca (Haworth, 1809) (Noctua) i-niger (Haworth, 1809) (Noctua) lamda (Vieweg, 1790) (Noctua) lancea (Esper, 1791) (Phalaena) leucostigma (Esper, 1791) (Phalaena) lugens (Haworth, 1809) (Noctua) rava (Haworth, 1809) (Noctua) secaline (Hübner, [1809]) (Noctua) struvei (Ragusa, 1885) (Hadena) vilis (Hübner, [1821]) (Parastichtis)
Taxonomic Notes:	Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758) is now recognized within the North American fauna north of Mexico, a specimen collected in British Columbia by D. Holden, in Pohl et al. (2018) and Crabo & Holden (2020), J. Lepid. Soc. 74(2): 95-105.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

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Crabo, L.G. & D.G. Holden, 2020. A Review of Established Accidentally-Introduced Noctuoidea in the Pacific Northwest Region of North America, with First Report of the Eurasian Cutworm Mesapamea secalis (L.) (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini) for North America. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 74(2): 95-105.
Linnaeus, C., 1758. Systema Naturae, 10th ed. (251): 519.
Pohl, G.R., J-F. Landry, B.C. Schmidt, J.D. Lafontaine, J.T. Troubridge, A.D. Macaulay, E. van Nieukerken, J.R. deWaard, J.J. Dombroskie, J. Klymko, V. Nazari, K. Stead, 2018. Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Pensoft, 1-580; PDF, Hardback.
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