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Noctuidae 932833 – 10228.1   Anarta columbica (McDunnough, 1930)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: columbica (McDunnough, 1930) (Scotogramma) Taxonomic Notes: Anarta columbica (McDunnough, 1930), formerly placed in the genus Discestra, n. comb. in Mustelin (2006), Zootaxa, 1278: 1-47. "Listed as a separate species but not for- mally recognized as such by Mustelin (2006). Revised status by Schmidt and Anweiler (2010a)." - Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010), ZooKeys, 40:155.

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. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239. Mustelin, T., 2006. Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species. Zootaxa, 1278: 1-47. Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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