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MCZ Entomology 622373

Balsa malana (Fitch, 1856)

Date Collected:

2006-06-21

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Plymouth | Great Brewster Island

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Current Identification
Balsa malana (Fitch, 1856)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Noctuoidea Noctuidae Balsinae
Determiner: Mark Mello on 2011-12-31
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: ; Determination date is an upper bound. Determinations made by M. Mello

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  • BHI number: BHI-002177
  • field number: GB-MV-1 12.06

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pinned) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
collection Boston Harbor Islands Collection [no agent data]
life stage adult By: Mark Mello 2011-12-31

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  • Labels: Specimen Notes: ; ARN

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Plymouth
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7014423 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Great Brewster Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA: MA, Suffolk, Great Brewster Island, (GB-MV-1 12.06) 42°19'51.5''N, 70°53'49.7''W 21 June 2006, mercury vapor light coll. J. Rykken
  • Locality Remarks:
  • WP 081 MV1
  • Georeference:
  • 42.3309722, -70.897138 (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Jessica Rykken on 2006-06-21 (Source: GPS)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (42° 19′ 52″ N  70° 53′ 50″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2006-06-21
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 21 June 2006
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • ran from 8:30 - 11:00 pm; some generator problems
  • Collecting Event/Field Number:
  • GB-MV-1 12.06 (Boston Harbor Islands ATBI Samples of Boston Harbor Islands Terrestrial Invertebrate ATBI Team)
  • Collector:
  • Jessica Rykken

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