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Lithophane adipel

species of moth

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 5, 2024
Entity authorityQ6648051 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lithophane adipel is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1936. The wingspan is about 42 mm.

References

"Species Details Lithophane adipel". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

Editorial summary

“Lithophane adipel” enters the record as species of moth. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Lithophane, adipel and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1936, 2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Lithophane, adipel and species.
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Why this record matters

“Lithophane adipel” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Lithophane, adipel and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 5, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q6648051. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1936 and 2020.

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A general summary may omit uncertainty, sample limits or methodological disagreement that is explicit in the technical record. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lithophane adipel” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.