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Erebidae 930260 – 8179.3   Apantesis behrii (Stretch, 1872)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: behrii (Stretch, 1872) (Arctia) shastanensis (French, 1881) (Arctia) Taxonomic Notes: Apantesis behrii (Stretch, 1872) is elevated from synonymy of 8179 G. nevadensis, in Ferguson & Schmidt (2007), Zootaxa, 1405: 39-49. This species was formerly in the genus Grammia, Systematic Entomology: 41(4): 844-853.

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. 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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