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Noctuidae 932778 – 10495   Orthosia hibisci (Guenée, 1852)              Speckled Green Fruitworm

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: hibisci (Guenée, 1852) (Taeniocampa) - MONA 1983: 10495 ssp. a. hibisci (Guenée, 1852) (Taeniocampa) - MONA 1983: 10495  confluens (Morrison, 1875) (Taeniocampa) (synonym of ssp. hibisci)   Type locality: St. Louis, MO.  insciens Walker, 1857 (Orthosia) (synonym of ssp. hibisci) ssp. b. brucei (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa)  malora (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa) (synonym of ssp. brucei) ssp. c. nubilata (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa) ssp. d. quinquefasciata (Smith, 1909) (Taeniocampa)  inflava (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa) (synonym of ssp. quinquefasciata)  inherita (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa) (synonym of ssp. quinquefasciata)  latirena (Dod, 1910) (Taeniocampa) (synonym of ssp. quinquefasciata)  proba (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa) (synonym of ssp. quinquefasciata)

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. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Morrison, H.K., 1875. Descriptions of new Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17: 159. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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