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Species Schizura matheri - Hodges#8005.2

Monograph of the Bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, Part I, Family 1, Notodontidae

By A. S. Packard
Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, 1895

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Don't overlook this substantial contribution because of its age, especially if you are interested in what the larvae and damage pattern caused by them on their host look like. There are excellent color plates illustrating both that can probably not be found elsewhere.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 30 November, 2024 - 12:18pm

Checklist of New World Notodontidae (Noctuoidea)

By Becker, V.O.
Lepidoptera Novae, 7(1): 1-40, 2014

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 9 March, 2022 - 5:25am

Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae

By Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine
The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443, 2021

Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2021. Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443. - order

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 7 March, 2022 - 1:39pm

Notes and descriptions, American Notodontidae.

By Foster H. Benjamin
The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 8(2): 55-60, 1931

Benjamin, F.H., 1931. Notes and descriptions, American Notodontidae. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 8(2): 55-60.

Ianassa pinalensis Benjamin, n. sp.
Ianassa delicatoides Benjamin, n. sp.
Ianassa alpica Benjamin, n. sp.
Schizura paradisus Benjamin, n. sp.
Litodonta (?) alpina Benjamin, n. sp.
Praeschausia Benjamin, n. g.
Praeschausia zapata Schaus new comb.
Heterocampa belfragei Grote
Heterocampa picta perolivata Packard
Heterocampa obliqua Packard

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Contributed by Randy Hardy on 24 December, 2017 - 3:51pm

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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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 23 March, 2021 - 1:48am

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

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Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 25 September, 2020 - 2:50pm

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.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 2 August, 2020 - 3:47am

A review of the higher classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) with special reference to the Holarctic fauna

By Michael Fibiger and J. Donald Lafontaine
Esperiana: Buchreihe zur Entomologie, Vol. 11, pp. 7-92, 2005

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 29 January, 2020 - 9:03pm

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