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Eosphoropteryx Dyar, 1902
Eosphoropteryx Dyar, 1902; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 10 : 80, TS: Plusia thyatyroides Guenée
Eosphoropteryx (Plusiini) ; [NACL, 130]
Eosphoropteryx (Euchalciina) ; [MNA25.1, 72]; [NE10, 160]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Plusia Ochsenheimer, 1816; Forbes, 1954, (part)

Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides (Guenée, 1852)
Nova Scotia, N.Ontario, North Dakota, Iowa, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Alberta, British Columbia - Oregon, N.Idaho. See [About maps] Plusia thyatyroides Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2) : 337, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 11, f. 8, TL: New York, USA
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides ; [NACL, #8905]; [MNA25.1: 72, f. 1d, 25, pl. 1, f. 43, pl. 4, f. 7, pl. C, f. 7, pl. L, f. 2]; [NE10, 160]

Larva on Thalictrum dioicum, T. polygamum, Aquilegia canadensis, Pedicularis canadensis? [MNA25.1, 73]



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References:
[ALBERTA]
University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[GALEPS]
Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[MNA25.1]
Lafontaine & Poole; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 25.1; NOCTUOIDEA; Noctuidae, Plusiinae
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[NE10]
Goater, Ronkay & Fibiger, 2003; Catocalinae & Plusiinae - Noctuidae Europaeae; Volume 10, 252pp


Some related literature:
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Sixiéme. Noctuélites. Tome 2 Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2) : 1-443, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 1-24 (1858)
Dyar, 1902
A generic subdivision of the genus Plusia J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 10 : 79-82


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