Zanclognatha

Zanclognatha
Zanclognatha tarsipennalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subfamily:Herminiinae
Genus:Zanclognatha
Lederer, 1857

Zanclognatha is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Julius Lederer in 1857.[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

References

  1. ↑ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 March 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Poole, R. W. 1989. Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Fascicle 118 Noctuidae, Parts 1–3: xii + 1-1314. New York: E. J. Brill.
  4. ↑ Fibiger, M.; Hacker, H. (1991). "Systematic list of the Noctuidae of Europe". Esperiana. 2: 1–109.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Lafontaine, D. and J. Troubridge. 2005. Taxonomic notes on North American Noctuidae 2: The Polypogon group of genera.
  8. 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.
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