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Noctuidae
931617 – 10048   Poolea grandimacula (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)

© Ann Hendrickson
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  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • grandimacula Barnes & McDunnough 1910 (Oxycnemis)
  • erratica Barnes & McDunnough 1913 (Oxycnemis)
  • extremis Crabo 2024 (Poolea) nom. nud.
    Note: This name is a lapsus calami (a slip of the pen) which refers to O. erratica (L.G. Crabo, in litt., 2024).
  • Taxonomic Notes: Poolea grandimacula (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910), n. comb. and n. gen. in Crabo (2024), includes as a synonym Oxycnemis erratica, n. syn., in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015) following Poole (1996).
    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.
    • Crabo, L.G., 2024. A new noctuid genus and species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Amphipyrinae, Psaphidini, Triocnemidina) from New Mexico and Texas, United States of America. ZooKeys, 1200: 199-213.
    • Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2015. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III. ZooKeys, 527: 127-147.
    • Poole R.W., & R.E. Lewis, 1996. Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica. A check list of the insects of North America, 3: 1-1143.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at The Noctuidae of North America by Robert W. Poole (Nearctica.com) - archived page access (go to a year prior to 2020 and select a blue circled date from the calendar).
    Poolea grandimacula
    © David Barker
    Poolea grandimacula
    © David Barker
    Poolea grandimacula
    25mm – © Jim Vargo
    Poolea grandimacula
    LG – @ M.A. Peterson (L.G. Crabo)

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