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Drepanidae 850019 – 6251   Drepana arcuata Walker, 1855              Arched Hooktip Moth

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: arcuata Walker, 1855 (Drepana) - MONA 1983: 6251 alaskensis Barnes & Benjamin, 1922 (Drepana) N. SYN. fabula (Grote, 1862) (Platypteryx) genicula (Grote, 1862) (Platypteryx) grotei Barnes & Benjamin, 1922 (Drepana) siculifer Packard, 1872 (Drepana) N. SYN. Taxonomic Notes: Drepana arcuata Walker, 1855 includes as a synonym the former subspecies siculifer Packard, 1872 in Schmidt (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

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. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 27.1f; p. 201. 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 Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

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