Agriopodes geminata (Smith)

Schmidt, B. Christian, Wagner, David L., Zacharczenko, Brigette V., Zahiri, Reza & Anweiler, Gary G., 2014, Polyphyly of Lichen-cryptic Dagger Moths: synonymy of Agriopodes Hampson and description of a new basal acronictine genus, Chloronycta, gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), ZooKeys 421, pp. 115-137 : 121

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Noctuidae

Agriopodes geminata (Smith)

Moma geminata Smith, 1903

Remarks.

Acronicta fallax exhibits a moderate range of geographic variation (Fig. 2), with a gradual increase in size and extent of forewing black markings with increasing latitude. The northwestern-most populations from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta mark the extreme end of this cline, and have been treated as a separate species, Agriopodes geminata . We can find no consistent differences in genitalic structure between Acronicta fallax and Acronicta geminata , and differences in COI barcodes fall well within the range of variation of Acronicta fallax , as discussed above. We therefore consider geminata to be a geographic form of Acronicta fallax (syn. n.). Acronicta geminata Draudt, 1950 of China is a junior secondary homonym of Acronicta geminata (Smith), but since we treat the latter as a junior subjective synonym of Acronicta fallax , no replacement name for Acronicta geminata Draudt is necessary.