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Noctuidae
931236 – 8950   Plusia putnami Grote, 1873
             Putnam's Looper

© Tom Murray
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • putnami Grote 1873 (Plusia) - MONA 1983: 8950
  • barbara Warren 1913 (Phytometra)
  • conjuncta Matsumura 1978 (Plusia)
  • festata Graeser 1890 (Plusia)
  • gracilis Lempke 1966 (Autographa)
  • major Chou & Lu 1979 (Chrysaspidia)
  • punctistigma Strand 1917 (Phytometra)
  • yokohamensis Bryk 1949 (Phytometra)
  • 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.
    • Lafontaine, J. D. & R. W. Poole, 1991. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 25.1: p. 127; pl. 1.54-55. order or free PDF
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 50.9f; p. 279. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
    Plusia putnami
    © Nelson Poirier
    Plusia putnami
    © Ian Maton
    Plusia putnami
    30mm – © Jim Vargo
    Plusia putnami
    © Canadian National Collection LG


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