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
fdd621e5-2e7d-471a-be4c-abe5550499d3
11755326
175492
Grammia nevadensis gibsoni
(
McDunnough, 1937
)
revised status
(
Fig. 1
d)
Grammia gibsoni
was described from the Canadian prairies (
type
locality: Calgary, Alberta;
Types
in CNC). It is a relatively brightlycoloured representative of
nevadensis
,
that occurs in the northern Great Plains from Alberta to Manitoba, south through Montana.
Gibsoni
is intermediate between
superba
and
nevadensis
in many respects, in that it has wider forewing bands and less saturated hindwing colours than
superba
.
Gibsoni
phenotypes also occur south to at least southcentral Wyoming. To the west, it is largely replaced by
superba
north of the Great Basin, and
nevadensis
to the southwest.