Zanclognatha
| Zanclognatha | |
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| Zanclognatha tarsipennalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae |
| Genus: | Zanclognatha Lederer, 1857 |
Zanclognatha is a genus of litter moths of the Erebidae family.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Zanclognatha was treated as a synonym of Polypogon by Poole (1989).[3] It was split from Polypogon in 1991[4] and reinstated as a valid genus in 1996.[5] A 1998 European checklist has both Zanclognatha and Polypogon as valid genera,[6] and Lafontaine & Troubridge (2005) recommend retaining Zanclognatha as a separate genus.[7]
It is not clear how many valid species are part of the genus; some species are likely made up of at least two valid species-level taxa that have yet to be officially split, and there are some familiar taxa that have not yet been described to science. Adult Zanclognatha species are often difficult to tell apart; wing patterns and genital morphology, two characters often used to distinguish moth species, are not necessarily useful for classifying them. The larvae are more distinctive and may be more helpful in future studies of the genus.[8]
Species
- Zanclognatha angulina (Leech, 1900)
- Zanclognatha atrilineella (Grote, 1873)
- Zanclognatha cruralis (Guenée, 1854) - Early Zanclognatha Moth
- Zanclognatha dentata Wagner & McCabe, 2011[8] - Coastal Plain Zanclognatha Moth
- Zanclognatha helva (Butler, 1879)
- Zanclognatha inspidalis (Wileman, 1915)
- Zanclognatha jacchusalis (Walker, 1859) - Wavy-lined Zanclognatha Moth
- Zanclognatha laevigata (Grote, 1872) - Variable Zanclognatha Moth
- Zanclognatha lituralis (Hübner, 1818) - Lettered Zanclognatha Moth
- Zanclognatha marcidilinea (Walker, 1859) - Yellowish Zanclognatha Moth
- Zanclognatha martha Barnes, 1928 - Pine Barrens Zanclognatha Moth, Martha's Zanclognatha Moth
- Zanclognatha minoralis J. B. Smith, 1895
- Zanclognatha nakatomii Owada, 1977
- Zanclognatha nigrisigna (Wileman, 1915)
- Zanclognatha obscuripennis (Grote, 1872) - Dark Zanclognatha Moth
- Zanclognatha pedipilalis (Guenée, 1854) - Grayish Zanclognatha Moth
- Zanclognatha protumnusalis (Walker, 1859) - Conifer Zanclognatha Moth
- Zanclognatha reticulatis (Leech, 1900)
- Zanclognatha subtriplex Strand, 1919
- Zanclognatha tarsipennalis (Treitschke, 1835)
- Zanclognatha theralis (Walker, 1859) (syn. Z. deceptricalis Zeller, 1873, Z. gypsalis (Grote, 1880), Z. inconspicualis (Grote, 1883))
- Zanclognatha yaeyamalis Owada, 1977
References
- ↑ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- ↑ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
- ↑ Poole, R. W. 1989. Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Fascicle 118 Noctuidae, Parts 1–3: xii + 1-1314. New York: E. J. Brill.
- ↑ Fibiger, M.; Hacker, H. (1991). "Systematic list of the Noctuidae of Europe". Esperiana 2: 1–109.
- ↑ Poole, R. W. 1996. Nomina Insecta Nearctica. A Checklist of the Insects of North America. Volume 3: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera. E.I.S., Rockville, MD. 1143 pp.
- ↑ Nowacki, J. and M. Fibiger. 1998. "Noctuidae". pp. 251-93. In: Karsholt, O. and J. Razowski. The Lepidoptera of Europe. A distributional checklist. 380 pp. Stenstrup: Apollo Books.
- ↑ Lafontaine, D. and J. Troubridge. 2005. Taxonomic notes on North American Noctuidae 2: The Polypogon group of genera.
- 1 2 Wagner, D. L. and T. L. McCabe. (2011). A new Zanclognatha from eastern North America and a preliminary key to the larvae of the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae). ZooKeys (149), 89.
External links
- Zanclognatha. Natural History Museum, London.
- Zanclognatha. Bug Guide.