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Noctuidae
931733.64 – 10052   Leucocnemis variabilis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Distribution Data for Leucocnemis variabilis
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Description/
Field Marks:
Leucocnemis variabilis form alba is "... immaculate and practically pure white..." (Barnes & Benjamin 1923).
Similar Species:
  • Oxycnemis acuna Barnes, 1907.
  • Oxycnemis gracillinea (Grote, 1881).
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • variabilis Barnes & McDunnough 1918 (Leucocnemis) - MONA 1983: 10052; Type locality: Olancha, Inyo Co., CA
  • alba Barnes & Benjamin 1923 (Leucocnemis); Type locality: Holotype: Olancha, Inyo Co., CA
  • 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.
    • Barnes, W. & F.H. Benjamin, 1923. Notes and new species. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 5(2): 80.
    • Barnes, W.M. & J.H. McDunnough, 1918. Notes and new species. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 4(2): 106; pl. 17, fig. 13, 14.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    Leucocnemis variabilis
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    Leucocnemis variabilis
    19mm - LG – © Canadian Nat'l. Coll.
    Leucocnemis variabilis
    18mm - LG – © Canadian Nat'l. Coll.

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