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Erebidae
930526 – 8375   Bleptina flavivena Troubridge, 2020

© David E. Reed
Similar Species:
  • 8375.1 Bleptina verticalis has dark gray-brown forewings vs. light brown color of B. flavivena.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • flavivena Troubridge 2020 (Bleptina); Type locality: Holotype: USA: Florida, Collier Co.: Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
  • hydrillalis of authors not Guenée 1854 (Bleptina)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Bleptina flavivena Troubridge, 2020, n. sp., Insecta Mundi, 0789: 4; Fig. 2a, 2b, 55, 107.
    This species was formerly listed as Bleptina hydrillalis Guenée, 1854 in Hodges et al. (1983) and as hydrillalis of authors in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010). "True" B. hydrillalis is extralimital.
    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.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAI8821 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Troubridge, J.T., 2020. A new genus and 37 new noctuoid species from peninsular Florida and the Keys (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Insecta Mundi, 0789: 1-56.
    Bleptina flavivena
    © Jean Evoy
    Bleptina flavivena
    © Jean Evoy
    Bleptina flavivena
    © Janice Jones
    Bleptina flavivena
    - paratype - LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Bleptina flavivena
    - paratype - LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Bleptina flavivena
    17mm – © Jim Vargo

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