Revision of the North American Genera Tetracis Guenée and Synonymization of Synaxis Hulst with Descriptions of Three New Species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)
Author
Ferris, Clifford D.
Author
Schmidt, Christian
text
Zootaxa
2010
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.275566
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275566
Tetracis jubararia sericeata
(Barnes & McDunnough)
(
Figs. 4
,
46–53
,
95
,
110
,
124
,
141
)
Synaxis jubararia sericeata
Barnes & McDunnough, 1917
.
Contributions to the Natural History of the
Lepidoptera
III(4):261.
Syntypes
1♂
(
Fig. 4
),
1♀
, Glenwood Springs,
Colorado
[USNM].
Diagnosis:
This is the only subspecies with buff (pale yellow-ochre) wings, fully-developed AM and PM lines, and without bipectinate male antennae.
Description:
Adults
(
Figs. 4
,
46–53
): FWL:
17–26 mm
. Antenna as in
T. j. jubararia
. Palpi pale ochreous with only the end of the tip brown.
Wings
: As for
j. jubararia
excepting the pale yellow-ochre color and absence ventrally of widely-scattered dark scales suggesting a “dead-leaf” pattern.
Genitalia
(
Figs. 95
,
110
,
124
): As in
j. jubararia
.
Material examined:
78 specimens
with 6 dissections.
Biology:
Unknown. Adults from September to mid-November.
Distribution
(
Fig. 141
): Rocky Mountain and Intermountain Regions from 6000–8500’ (
1830–2590m
). Records by province/state/county are:
ALBERTA
. Red Deer region, Edmonton region.
COLORADO
. Garfield, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa.
IDAHO
. Cassia.
NEVADA
. White Pine.
UTAH
. Tooele.
WYOMING
. Albany, Carbon, Washakie.