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Erebidae 930239 – 8174   Apantesis obliterata (Stretch, 1885)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: obliterata (Stretch, 1885) (Arctia) turbans (Christoph, 1892) (Arctia) Taxonomic Notes: Apantesis obliterata (Stretch, 1885), formerly in the genus Holarctia, Systematic Entomology: 41(4): 844-853, includes as a synonym 8174 Apantesis turbans, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 93 (4): 828.

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. Ferguson, D.C., 1991. The identity of Arctia obliterata Stretch (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 93 (4): 828-833. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 46.48m; p. 267. Book Review and ordering Ronka, K., J. Mappes, L. Kaila, N. Wahlberg, 2016. Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology, 41(4): 844-853. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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