Polia (Polia) richardsoni (Curtis, 1835)

Varga, Zoltán, Ronkay, Gábor, Nagy, Jenő & Ronkay, László, 2020, Contribution To The Taxonomy And Phylogeny Of The Genus Polia Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Hadenini): Species Groups And Pairs In The Holarctic Subgenus Polia S. Str., Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (1), pp. 35-67 : 50-51

Polia (Polia) richardsoni (Curtis, 1835)

Hadena richardsoni Curtis, 1835 , Appendix to John Ross Narrative of a Second Voyage 1835: 72, pl. A, fig. 11. Type-locality: [ Canada] 15 miles from River Tatchick (Eskimo name), 200 miles S of Port Bowen, very near Comptroller’s Island. Types: in coll. USNMW.

Taxonomic notes. This circumpolar Holarctic species shows intense subspeciation in both continents; the taxonomic status of the described taxa is to be clarified yet.