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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Zanclognatha » theralis complex (Zanclognatha theralis complex)
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Texas SE Gulf Coast - Zanclognatha
Copyright © 2016 Monica Krancevic

Texas SE Gulf Coast - Zanclognatha
Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas, USA
April 3, 2016
Size: ~10mm forewing length
On screen in shade during day. Very light coloration and definitely whitish wiggly PM line.

Seems closest to the BOLD Z. minoralis sp. 2 here, especially the specimen from Jasper County which is also East Texas. I may have missed some, but these appear to be the only Zanclognatha examples in the "complex" of a white or almost non-existent PM line.

If minoralis is now a subspecies, does that make these BOLD specimens sub-sub species or just geographical variants?

Thanks for assistance/correction.
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Contributed by Monica Krancevic on 8 April, 2016 - 9:30am
Last updated 3 July, 2016 - 6:13pm

Moved to gypsalis-theralis-deceptricalis-inconspiculis complex
Moved from Zanclognatha.

In reference to Z. minoralis, according to Lafontaine& Schmidt, 2010, "The type specimen illustrated by Smith (1895) is atypical for what is normally identified as Z. minoralis in southeastern United States. It is without locality so its identity remains to be confirmed."(1) My take on this is that it is technically a valid species only in that no one has formally removed it from the checklists. There are several BIN groups desiganted as Z. minoralis at BOLD. Probably none are correct.

Wagner & McCabe 2011 treats examples similar to yours as being part of the gypsalis-theralis-deceptricalis-inconspiculis complex. No one has sorted this out to my knowledge. I understand it contains undescribed species.
… Steve Nanz, 3 July, 2016 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

 
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I knew you could do it!
… A. Hendrickson, 3 July, 2016 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Update
You responded just before I posted the edit for the move so you may want to take another look.
… Steve Nanz, 3 July, 2016 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the explanation
Steve, I appreciate your taking the time to explain what's happening (or not) in the whacky world of Zanclognatha.
… Monica Krancevic, 4 July, 2016 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

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I know nothing about this Genus but I DO know that Steve Nanz comes along periodically and HE REALLY does!
… A. Hendrickson, 8 April, 2016 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

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