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Erebidae 930184 – 8067   Cisthene plumbea Stretch, 1885              Lead-colored Lichen Moth

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Similar Species: Cisthene plumbea and striata cannot be reliably separated using DNA barcoding and may be the same species, PLoS ONE 12 (6): e0178548; Supplementary Table S8. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: plumbea Stretch, 1885 (Cisthene) - MONA 1983: 8067 flavicosta (Draudt, 1918) (Illice) gamma (Dyar, 1904) (Illice) injecta (Dyar, 1904) (Illice)

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) Sexton, C., & H. McGuinness, 2017. Identification of lichen moths in the genus Cisthene in the central and eastern U.S. Southern Lepidopterists' News, (39(4): 309-322. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Zahiri R., J.D. Lafontaine, B.C. Schmidt, J.R. deWaard, E.V. Zakharov, P.D.N. Hebert, 2017. Probing planetary biodiversity with DNA barcodes: The Noctuoidea of North America. PLoS ONE, 12(6): e0178548.

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