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Species Zanclognatha n-sp - Zanclognatha new species - Hodges#8354.97


A new Zanclognatha from eastern North America and a preliminary key to the larvae of the genus...
By Wagner, D.L. & T.L. McCabe
ZooKeys 149: 89-101, 2011
Wagner, D.L. & T.L. McCabe, 2011. A new Zanclognatha from eastern North America and a preliminary key to the larvae of the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae). ZooKeys 149: 89-101.

The adult of a widespread but previously undescribed species of Zanclognatha Lederer is described from eastern North America. Images of the mature larva and life history data for Zanclognatha dentata sp. n. are included, along with a preliminary key to the larvae of ten eastern North American Zanclognatha species.

Similar species discussed include Z. protumnusalis, protumnusalis, martha, lituralis.

A generic revision of the American moths of the subfamily Hypeninae, with descriptions of new genera and species
By William Schaus
Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 50: 259-399, 1916
Many original descriptions.

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A revision of some species of Noctuidae heretofore referred to the genus Homoptera (Boisduval)
By John B. Smith
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35: 209-275, 1908
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Full text PDF @ Smithsonian Virtual Digital Repository

The last instar caterpillars of Oxycilla tripla Grote, and Colobochyla interpuncta Grote (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae.
By George L. Godfrey
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 74(1): 78-85, 1972

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA.
By Michael G. Pogue
Zootaxa 3153: 1–31 , 2012
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Species Accounts for 25 Erebidae species (BG links for convenience updating guide pages)

Subfamily Aventiinae (Tutt, 1896)
Oruza albocostaliata (Packard) - The White-Edge

Subfamily Boletobiinae (Grote, 1895)
Metalectra discalis (Grote, 1876) - Common Fungus Moth
Metalectra quadrisignata (Walker, 1858) - Four-spotted Fungus Moth
Metalectra richardsi (Brower, 1941) - Richards’ Fungus Moth

A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera)
By Zahiri, R., I.J. Kitching, J.D. Lafontaine, M. Mutanen, L. Kaila, J.D. Holloway, and N. Wahlberg
Zoologica Scripta 40: 158–173., 2010
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A new genus and 37 new noctuoid species from peninsular Florida and the Keys
By Troubridge, J.T.
Insecta Mundi (0789): 1-56, 2020
.pdf: https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0789_Troubridge_2020.pdf

Descriptions of Noctuidae, chiefly from California
By Grote, A.R.
Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4: 169-18, 1878
Grote, A.R., 1878. Descriptions of Noctuidae, chiefly from California. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4: 169-187.