Species Euchlaena deductaria - Forked Euchlaena - Hodges#6735

6735

Euchlaena deductaria (Walker, 1860)

Endropia deductaria Walker, 1860

Geometra pectinaria of authors not [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775

Euchlaena adoptivaria (Hübner, [1823]), nomen oblitum

Euchlaena deductaria (Walker, 1860), erroneously treated as a synonym E. pectinaria by Ferguson (in Hodges et. al. (1983) (Checklist), is returned to full species status in Heppner (2004) with Hypagyrtis adoptivaria Hübner [1823] (nomen oblitum) (omitted in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)) and Euchlaena pectinaria of authors not [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 as a synonyms. "True" pectinaria, a name treated as a synonym of Odontopera bidentata Clerck, 1759 in Heppner (2004), is Palearctic. Hübner (1796-1805) erroneously included an illustration of the North American species he called "pectinaria". Hübner [1823], apparently still believing it to be a European species, corrected the misidentification giving it the name adoptivaria, but that name would be later be forgotten.

WS ≈ 42mm (1)

Type locality: "East Florida".

Adults are on wing from April to August (1)

Heppner, J.B., 2004. Notes on Euchlaena 'pectinaria' in the United States. Lepidoptera News, 2002(3-4): 6-7.

Hübner, J., 1796-1805. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, 5: pl. I(E), fig. 30. (pectinaria (=adoptivaria))

Hübner, J., 1816-[1827]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816: 293.

Walker, F., 1860. Gemeotrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 20: 151.