Moth Photographers Group – Pseudacontia crustaria – 10172

Noctuidae

931773 – 10172   Pseudacontia crustaria (Morrison, 1875) Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.
© Chuck Sexton

Distribution:	Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data. Type locality (crustaria): Nebraska. Type locality (cansa): Hamilton County, KS. Type locality (louisa): Sabine Parish, LA.
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	• Tarache crustaria Morrison, 1875 • Pseudacontia cansa Smith, 1908 • Pseudacontia louisa Smith, 1908
Taxonomic Notes:	Pseudacontia crustaria (Morrison, 1875) includes as a synonym 10171 P. louisa and 10173 P. cansa, ZooKeys, 527: 139.

References

• Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
• Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2015. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III. ZooKeys, 527: 127-147.
• Morrison, H.K., 1875. Notes on the Noctuidie, with descriptions of certain new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 27: 70.
• Smith, J.B., 1908. New species and genera of the Lepidopterous family Noctuidae for 1907 (Part II). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 18(2): 119-120.
• Species Page at BugGuide.Net
• Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum

Type - AMNH - LG – © Canadian Nat'l. Coll.
© Gary Anweiler
23mm – © Jim Vargo
23mm – © Jim Vargo