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Genus Euclidia

8731 – Euclidia cuspidea – Toothed Somberwing Moth 2725 2016 05 29 T - Euclidia cuspidea

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Erebinae

Tribe Euclidiini

Genus Euclidia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euclidia Ochsenheimer, 1816

Ectypa Billberg, 1820

Callistege Hübner, [1823]

Gonospileia Hübner, [1823]

Euclidimera Hampson, 1913

* includes Callistege, designated a subgenus of Euclidia in Goater, Ronkay & Fibiger, 2003.

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet Euclidia is a tribute to the Greek mathematician, Euclid. (1)

Numbers

2 species in North America.

3 species that were previously included as a subgenus of Euclidia have been moved to genus level in Callistege. (2010) (2)

Range

All of United States plus Canada from New Brunswick to British Columbia and Northwest Territories. 3 species (diagonalis, intercalaris, triangula) are restricted to the southwestern United States - Arizona to Texas.

Print References

Goater, B., L. Ronkay & M. Fibiger. 2003. Catocalinae and Plusiinae. Noctuidae Europaeae. Volume 10. 452 pp. [links to book: 1, 2]

Ochsenheimer, F. 1816. Die schmetterlinge von Europa 4: 96

Internet References

pinned adult images of ardita and cuspidea (CBIF)

pinned adult images of 4 species by Jim Vargo: cuspidea, diagonalis, intercalaris, triangula, the last 3 labeled as Callistege (Moth Photographers Group)

pinned adult images of 3 former Callistege species, with red arrows pointing to distinguishing features (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)

taxonomic history plus list of world species, distribution maps, links to images, references (Markku Savela, FUNET)

distribution in Canada list of provinces and territories for 2 species (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 21 September, 2004 - 9:48pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 4 June, 2022 - 8:42am

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