Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Noctuoidea Noctuidae Hadeninae

• Papestra biren (Goeze, 1781) EU, ..., Korea, Japan. See [maps] Tuhkatarhayökkönen Glaucous Shears?

  • Phalaena biren Goeze, 1781; 206
  • Noctua glauca Kleeman, 1792; pl. 48, f. 1-7
    • = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
  • Noctua lappo Duponchel, 1827; 255, pl. 116, f. 3; TL: "Laponie"
    • = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
  • Noctua aperta Geyer, [1832]; pl. 169, f. 800; TL: [Germany, Wallis]
    • = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
  • Hadena quadriposita Zetterstedt, [1839]; 939; TL: "Lapponiae"
    • = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
  • Hadena poliostigma Hampson, 1894; 201; TL: Kashmir, Sind Valley
    • = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
  • Mamestra glauca var. taunensis Fuchs, 1899; 122; TL: "Loreley region, Taunus"
    • = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
  • Polia frustrata McDunnough, 1946; 32; TL: Newfoundland, White Bay
    • = ; [NACL], #10311; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
  • Mamestra glauca var. paupercula Püngeler, 1902; 148; TL: [Xinjiang] Aksu
    • = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
  • Polia glauca f. puengeleri Draudt, 1943; 101, pl. 14, row g; TL: Issyk-kul; Alexander Mountains
    • = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]

  • Mamestra glauca; [SPRK], 55
  • Papestra biren biren; [PLANTE1], 69 (list), pl. 111, f. 9-13
  • Papestra biren paupercula; [PLANTE1], 69 (list), pl. 111, f. 14
  • Papestra biren; [NACL], #10311; [POOLE]; [NE4], 18; [NACL93], #2893; [RFEL]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA] ; [SVF]

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • bombycina Hufnagel, 1766; auth.

  500x512 (~41Kb) FINLAND: Om: Perho, Jänkä, 7020:376, m 19.6.1971, f 16.6.1971, Markku Savela leg.

  Larva on (as glauca) Betula , Myrica gale, Salix , Vaccinium [SPRK]

• Papestra florianii Gyulai, Ronkay & Saldaitis, 2011 Sichuan. See [maps]

  • Papestra florianii Gyulai, Ronkay & Saldaitis, 2011; Esperiana 16: 168, pl. 23, f. 10-11; TL: China, N.Sichuan, road from Songpan to Jiuzhaigou, 2600m, N33.12.373, E103.44.451

  • Papestra florianii; [iNaturalist]
• Papestra quadrata (Smith, 1891) California, .... See [maps]

  • Mamestra quadrata Smith, 1891; 248, f. 46; TL: California, Placer Co.

  • Papestra quadrata quadrata; [P&N23]
  • Papestra quadrata; [POOLE]; [NACL], #10310; [NACL93], #2892; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
  • P. q. ingravis (Smith, 1895) Alberta, ...

    • Mamestra ingravis Smith, 1895; 337, pl. 15, f. 10; TL: [Alberta] Calgary
      • = Papestra quadrata; [POOLE]

    • Papestra quadrata ingravis; [NACL], #10310a; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
• Papestra cristifera (Walker, 1858) Ontario, Quebec, .... See [maps]

  • Acronycta cristifera Walker, 1858; 1654; TL: Hudson's Bay, Albany River, St. Martin's Falls
  • Mamestra impolita Morrison, 1875; 140; TL: Canada, Quebec
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NACL], #10312

  • Papestra cristifera; [NACL], #10312; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2894; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
• Papestra brenda (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) Utah, .... See [maps]

  • Polia brenda Barnes & McDunnough, 1916; 7, pl. 1, f. 3; TL: Utah, Stockton

  • Papestra brenda; [NACL], #10313; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2895; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
• Papestra invalida (Smith, 1891) California, .... See [maps]

  • Mamestra invalida Smith, 1891; 225; TL: California, Sierra Nevada

  • Papestra invalida; [NACL], #10314; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2896; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]

  Larva on Alnus sinuata, Eucephalus sp. [POOLE]

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