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Attentive Crocus Soldier Moth - Hodges#6744 (Xanthotype attenuaria)
Photo#320783
Copyright © 2009
Mark Dreiling
6744 Xanthotype attenuaria -
Xanthotype attenuaria
-
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
October 5, 2008
Found at UV light near pond in wooded area of flood plain.
Supported by DNA barcoding, BOLD LPOKA604-09
This specimen is shown here:
BOLD:AAA6610
Contributed by
Mark Dreiling
on 16 August, 2009 - 8:28am
Last updated 28 March, 2019 - 3:39pm
Possibly inconclusive
Species in this genus are separated by genitalia. BOLD:AAA6610 contains all those species. The genetic variation is relatively small and the distribution of identifications within that BIN group are inconsistent. Your BOLD samples appear to be in one branch near bottom of the taxon tree
here
and are nested between examples identified as
sospeta
,
barnesi
, and
urticaria
. Several of the nearest neighbors are from northern states but
attenuaria
is southern.
Since the BOLD sequencing does not seem to be an accurate predictor of species and some of the species in this genus show the same variations in size and maculation for a particular locations, I wonder if this is actually one species which has a lot of varaitaion in genitalia.
…
Steve Nanz
, 18 July, 2016 - 4:54am
Moved
Moved from
Xanthotype
.
…
tom murray
, 26 September, 2009 - 10:12pm