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Notodontidae 930068.2 – 7976.2   Macrurocampa frisoni (Barnes & Benjamin, 1927)

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Distribution: AZ, UT - Miller et al. (2021) Similar Species: Macrurocampa dorothea Dyar, 1896 Macrurocampa miranda Dyar, 1905 Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: frisoni (Barnes & Benjamin, 1927) (Fentonia)   Type locality: Holotype: Oakwood, IL. Taxonomic Notes: Macrurocampa frisoni (Barnes & Benjamin, 1927), rev. stat. in Miller et al. (2021), was formerly a race of Macrurocampa dorothea Dyar, 1896.

References

Barnes, W.M. & J.H. McDunnough, 1927. The Canadian Entomologist, 59(1): 4-10. Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2021. Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 59; pl. A-12, figs. 43, 44; pl. A-13, figs. 1; pl. 51, fig. 4 (♂ gen.); pl. 69, fig. 4 (♂ sternum 8); pl. 80, fig. 8 (♀ gen.); pl. L-11, fig. 6 (larva). - order

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