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Notodontidae 930106.5 – 8020   Oligocentria delicata (Dyar, 1905)

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Distribution: AZ, southwestern NM - Miller et al. (2021) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: delicata (Dyar, 1905) (Janassa [sic]) - MONA 1983: 8020; TL: Palmerlee, Cochise Co., AZ. Taxonomic Notes: Oligocentria delicata (Dyar, 1905), n. comb. in Miller et al. (2021), was formerly in the genus Ianassa, n. comb. in Becker (2014) and in Oligocentria in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist).

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

Barcode of Life (BOLD) 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: 154; pl. A-18, figs. 1, 2; pl. 59, fig. 5 (♂ gen.); pl. 73, fig. 5 (♂ sternum 8); pl. 87, fig. 3 (♀ gen.); pl. L-18, fig. 5 (larva). - order Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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