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Species Dolocucullia poolei - Hodges#10188.1

Representative Images

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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 Cuculliinae
Genus Dolocucullia
Species poolei (Dolocucullia poolei - Hodges#10188.1)

Hodges Number

10188.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dolocucullia poolei Crabo & Hammond, 2018 (1)

Identification

Lines more strongly zigzagged than in D. dentilinea with black spot near tornus more conspicuous. In the latter, the am. and pm. lines usually do not touch and the black spot is often absent.

Range

West coast states, as far east as Sierra Nevada in California and the Cascade Range in Oregon. (1)

Remarks

The BIN group for this species is BOLD:AAF5240. The CNC images in that BIN are used in the paper describing this new species. The BIN for Dolocucullia dentilinea is BOLD:AAF5239.

See Also

Dolocucullia dentilinea is separated by range, habitus and structure.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Pacific Northwest Moths

Works Cited

1.Six new species and one new subspecies of noctuid moths from western United States of America and Mexico...
Crabo, L.G., P.C. Hammond, T. Mustelin & D.L. Wikle. 2018. ZooKeys, 788: 201-239.
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 8 November, 2018 - 9:04am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 15 February, 2022 - 5:11pm

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