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Genus Lacinipolia

Moth - Lacinipolia implicata 6027729 - Lacinipolia lustralis - male Noctuid - Lacinipolia triplehorni Arches from West Virginia - Lacinipolia implicata Lacinipolia renigera moth - Lacinipolia renigera Lacinipolia renigera Noctuidae ? - Lacinipolia martini
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Eriopygini
Genus Lacinipolia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lacinipolia McDunnough, 1937
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 64 species of the genus Lacinipolia in America north of Mexico.(1)
8 species in eastern Canada (CBIF)
17 species in western Canada (CBIF)
Range
The genus Lacinipolia is mainly a western genus in North America but represented coast to coast.
Print References
Selman, C. L. 1975. Revision of the Genus Lacinipolia McDunnough of America North of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Ohio State University. pp.894(2)
Internet References
pinned adult images of all 8 species in eastern Canada (CBIF)
pinned adult images of all 17 species in western Canada (CBIF)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Revision of the genus Lacinipolia McDunnough of America north of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Charles Leroy Selman. 1975. OhioLINK Electronic Theses & Dissertations Center.