Moth Photographers Group – Cladara limitaria

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91a0125 – 7637 Cladara limitaria (Walker, 1860)

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Synonymy:	• Cleora limitaria Walker, 1860 • Lobophora fusifasciata Walker, 1862 • Scotosia lobophorata Walker, 1862 • Larentia longipennis Walker, 1866 • Nyctobia reiffi Swett, 1910 • Lobophora anguilineata Grote & Robinson, 1867 • Nyctobia eastmani Reiff, 1913 • Eupithecia vernata Packard, 1873 (in part) • Lobophora nigroangulata Strecker, 1899
Taxonomic Notes:	Cladara limitaria (Walker, 1860) includes as a synonyms anguilineata (Grote & Robinson, 1867), eastmani (Reiff, 19130, and vernata (Packard, 1873) (in part); vernata (in part) is also treated as a synonym of C. atroliturata (Walker, [1863]) pending designation of a neotype. (Schmidt & McGuinness 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.
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 33.37f; p. 231. 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