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Noctuidae 932371.1 – 9407.1   Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Distribution: USA: WA; Canada: BC. Introduced from Europe. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: secalis Linnaeus 1758 (Phalaena) didyma Esper 1788 (Phalaena) furca Haworth 1809 (Noctua) i-niger Haworth 1809 (Noctua) lamda Vieweg 1790 (Noctua) lancea Esper 1791 (Phalaena) leucostigma Esper 1791 (Phalaena) lugens Haworth 1809 (Noctua) rava Haworth 1809 (Noctua) secaline Hübner [1809] (Noctua) struvei Ragusa 1885 (Hadena) vilis Hübner [1821] (Parastichtis) Taxonomic Notes: Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758) is now recognized within the North American fauna north of Mexico, a specimen collected in British Columbia by D. Holden, in Pohl et al. (2018) and Crabo & Holden (2020), J. Lepid. Soc. 74(2): 95-105.

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. & D.G. Holden, 2020. A Review of Established Accidentally-Introduced Noctuoidea in the Pacific Northwest Region of North America, with First Report of the Eurasian Cutworm Mesapamea secalis (L.) (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini) for North America. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 74(2): 95-105. Linnaeus, C., 1758. Systema Naturae, 10th ed. (251): 519. Pohl, G.R., J-F. Landry, B.C. Schmidt, J.D. Lafontaine, J.T. Troubridge, A.D. Macaulay, E. van Nieukerken, J.R. deWaard, J.J. Dombroskie, J. Klymko, V. Nazari, K. Stead, 2018. Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Pensoft, 1-580; PDF, Hardback. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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