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Leptarctia Stretch, 1872

Leptarctia Stretch, 1872; Illust. Zygaenidae Bombycidae N. Am. 1: 118, TS: Lithosia decia Boisduval
Leptarctia ; Strand, 1919, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 121

Leptarctia californiae (Walker, 1855)

California, Rocky Mountains. See [About maps] Nemeophila californiae Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 625
Lithosia lena Boisduval, 1869; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 12 : 73
Lithosia adnata Boisduval, 1869; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 12 : 73
Leptarctia fulvofasciata Butler, 1881; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 8 : 313
Leptarctia wrightii French, 1889; Can. Ent. 21 (12) : 224, f. 18-19
Leptarctia californiae, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Leptarctia californiae, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Leptarctia californiae, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Leptarctia californiae f. lena ; [HMB, 121, pl. XIV, f. 28]
melanis ; Boisduval, 1869, [NACL# (missp.?)]
californica ; Boisduval, 1869, [NACL# (missp.?)]
Leptarctia californiae ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 220, f. 128; [NACL, #8126]

L. c. f. decia Boisduval, 1869

Lithosia decia Boisduval, 1869; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 12 : 72
Leptarctia boisduvalii Butler, 1881; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 8 : 313
Leptarctia latifasciata Butler, 1881; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 8 : 313
Leptarctia albifascia French, 1889; Can. Ent. 21 (12) : 223, f. 15
Leptarctia occidentalis French, 1889; Can. Ent. 21 (12) : 223, f. 16
Leptarctia californiae f. decia ; [HMB, 121, pl. XIV, f. 27]

L. c. f. dimidiata Stretch, 1872

Leptarctia dimidiata Stretch, 1872; Illust. Zygaenidae Bombycidae N. Am. 1: 123, pl. 3, f. 7-10
Leptarctia stretchii Butler, 1881; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 8 : 312
Leptarctia californiae f. dimidiata ; [HMB, 121, pl. XIV, f. 26]

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References:

[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.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona

[HMB]

Holland, 1908; The Moth Book; A popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1869

Lépidoptères de la Californie Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 12 : 5-28,37-94

Butler, 1881

An account of the Sphinges and Bombyces collected by Lord Walsingham in North America during the years 1871-1872 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 8 : 306-318

French, 1889

Preparatory stages of Leptarctia californiae Walker, with notes on the genus Can. Ent. 21 (12) : 221-226

Hampson, 1901

Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : i-xix, 1-690, pl. 36-54

Strand, 1919

Arciidae: Subfam. Arctiinae Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: [1]-415

Walker, 1855

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

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