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930255 – 8180   Apantesis incorrupta (Edwards, 1881)

© Arlene Ripley
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Synonymy:
  • incorrupta Edwards 1881 (Arctia)
  • geneura of authors not Strecker 1880 (Arctia)
  • ochracea Neumoegen 1883 (Arctia)
  • sulphurica Neumoegen 1885 (Arctia)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Apantesis incorrupta (Edwards, 1881), includes as a synonym 8180 Apentesis geneura of authors; (not Strecker, 1880), Zootaxa. 1405: 39-49. This species was formerly in the genus Grammia, Systematic Entomology: 41(4): 844-853. (Apentesis geneura (Strecker, 1880) is a subspecies of 8179 Grammia nevadensis, Zootaxa. 1405: 39-49.)
    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. & B.C. Schmidt, 2007. Taxonomic review of the Grammia nevadensis species group (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) with descriptions of` two new species. Zootaxa, 1405: 39-49.
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 46.55m; p. 268. 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
    Apantesis incorrupta
    © Robert Pearson
    Apantesis incorrupta
    © Charles Melton
    Apantesis incorrupta
    © Charles Melton
    Apantesis incorrupta
    © Arlene Ripley
    Apantesis incorrupta
    © Ann Hendrickson
    Apantesis incorrupta
    LG - © Ann Hendrickson
    Apantesis incorrupta
    38mm – © Jim Vargo
    Apantesis incorrupta
    - 40mm – © Jim Vargo
    Apantesis incorrupta
    © Bob Beatson LG


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