Taxonomic review of the Grammia nevadensis species group (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) with descriptions of`two new species
Author
Ferguson, Douglas C.
Author
Schmidt, Christian
text
Zootaxa
2007
1405
39
49
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.175492
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175492
Grammia nevadensis geneura
(
Strecker, 1880
)
revised status
(
Fig. 1
c)
The
nevadensis
subspecies that occurs at moderate to upper elevations in the Front Ranges of the Colorado Rocky Mountains is
geneura
(
Strecker, 1880
)
. Populations from Hinsdale County (9000’ elevation) also appear to belong to this taxon. The name
geneura
, previously associated with the larger, paler or brighter Arizona Texas taxon (
Figs. 1
f, 5), is not available in that sense because
geneura
was described from Gilpin County, Colorado (8500’). This is outside the range and habitat of the southern taxon, and examination of the
holotype
of
geneura
(Field Museum of Natural history, Chicago,
IL
) confirms the true identity of this species. The species formerly associated with the name
geneura
has been revised to
G. incorrupta
(Henry Edwards, 1881)
by
Ferguson & Opler (2006)
.
Males of
G. incorrupta
can be distinguished from
G. nevadensis
by the longer antennal pectinations, the longest averaging
0.76 mm
in
incorrupta
versus
0.66 mm
in
nevadensis
; the darkthorax phenotype common in
G. n. nevadensis
and
G. n. superba
is very rare in
G. i n c o r r u p t a
, and the entirely palebuff thoracic collar (patagia) seen in about 25% of
incorrupta
specimens never occurs in
G. nevadensis
.
G. incorrupta
is multibrooded, while
G. nevadensis
is univoltine, and females of
G. incorrupta
are attracted to light while those of
G. nevadensis
(and indeed of all other
nevadensis
group species) are not.