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Wavy-lined Zanclognatha - Hodges#8353 (Zanclognatha jacchusalis)
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Zanclognatha jacchusalis bryanti
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Copyright © 2006
John Davis
Zanclognatha bryanti -
Zanclognatha jacchusalis
Stevenson, Skamania County, Washington, USA
July 4, 2005
Attracted to lights. Zanclognatha jacchusalis. MONA 8352. Now called Z. bryanti.
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Contributed by
John Davis
on 9 February, 2006 - 11:02pm
Last updated 7 November, 2009 - 10:18am
Moved
Moved from
Zanclognatha bryanti
.
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Jason D. Roberts
, 7 November, 2009 - 10:18am
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Zanclognatha jacchusalis bryanti?
Should we move the
bryanti
subspecies to
Z. jacchusalis
, eliminate
Z. lutalba
, and place all western
Zanclognatha
examples into it per
info
at Pacific Northwest Moths:
"This moth has been known previously as Z. lutalba (Smith)and Z. bryanti Barnesin the West. These names are now used as subspecies of Z. jacchusalis, following Lafontaine and Honey (2009) and Lafontaine and Schmidt (2013). Subspecies Z. j. lutalba is dull gray brown. It occurs in eastern and central British Columbia in our region. The other PNW subspecies, Z. j. bryanti, is warmer brown and its terminal forwing is slightly darker in most individuals."
I should point out that Don Lafontaine in a 2011 email commented on an example saying: "Z. lutalba is a boreal-zone species that extends down the Appalachians. The wings are a paler more evenly buffy gray and the hindwing is pale with the transverse lines not sharply contrasting." Not sure what to make of that.
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Steve Nanz
, 16 January, 2015 - 4:34pm
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ZooKeys 264: 227-236 (06 Feb 2013)
OK, spoke too soon. I couldn't find the above 2009 on the internet but I did find 2013 reference at ZooKeys,
ZooKeys 264: 227-236 (06 Feb 2013)
- J. Donald Lafontaine & Christian Schmidt, "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico." I don't have an account so I could only read the results. It lists both
bryanti
and
lutalba
as subspecies of
Z. jacchusalis
as indicated by Pacific Northwest Moths. I am guessing that this corrects the 2009 paper which places the two in
Z. lutalba
.
If I have that right, then I think I should still move western images to
Z. jacchusalis bryanti
and create
Z. jacchusalis lutalba
but leave that empty until examples can be identified. Does that sound right?
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Steve Nanz
, 17 January, 2015 - 4:48am
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Sounds good
Yeah, that sounds good to me. The new 2013 taxonomy seems pretty clear regarding the relationships of bryanti, lutalba and jacchusalis. I am still hoping to hear back from Chris to see if I can get a copy of the full revision or a clarification of what extent distribution might play in separating the given subspecies.
I had a copy of the 2009 revision, but I can't find it - doesn't matter now though since it's outdated.
But I'd say your suggested moves would be the right course of action. Thanks for looking through some of these older submissions and tracking down the new info.
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Jason D. Roberts
, 17 January, 2015 - 12:33pm
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Got It
The relationships are explained in the 2013 paper (see below). I misunderstood the Lafontaine comment above.
Z. lutalba
does extend into western Canada. I have made the taxonomy changes and am in the process of updating all "Info" pages.
ZooKeys 264: 232 (2013), Lafontaine & Schmidt: "
Zanclognatha jacchusalis
–
The species is widely distributed in eastern United States and occurs as far west as Arizona. It is characterized by the burnt-orange fore- wing ground color that is heavily speckled with black scales. It is replaced in Canada by a form that has paler buffy-brown or gray-brown forewings with little black speckling. This northern form is currently treated as
Zanclognatha lutalba
(Smith), occurring from Nova Scotia to Alberta, and as
Zanclognatha lutalba
ssp.
bryanti
Barnes in British Columbia and Washington. However, there is a broad area in southern Ontario and Quebec, northern New York, and New England, where most specimens are intermediate between typical
Zanclognatha jacchusalis
and
Z. lutalba
and occasionally
Z. lutalba
-like forms are found as far south as the Appalachians of North Carolina. There are no external structural or genital characters to distinguish the two taxa and barcodes do not separate them either, so we synonymize
Z. lutalba
, syn. n., but retain the name as a northern subspecies as
Z. jaccusalis
ssp.
lutalba
, stat. n., and move subspecies
bryanti
to
Z. jaccusalis
ssp.
bryanti
, stat. rev."
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Steve Nanz
, 18 January, 2015 - 8:13am
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Moved
Moved from
Zanclognatha
.
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Robin McLeod
, 24 February, 2008 - 8:51pm
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Moved
Moved from
Yellowish Zanclognatha
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John Davis
, 30 August, 2007 - 12:40pm
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