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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA1D822F60B19B7AB87FB67" bold="true" box="[264,448,1199,1225]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Nasusina vallis</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA1D822F61219CAABC6FB42" box="[273,385,1234,1260]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 1–4" captionStart-1="FIGURES 5–9" captionStartId-0="2.[264,383,1203,1227]" captionStartId-1="3.[264,382,993,1017]" captionTargetBox-0="[354,1235,431,1167]" captionTargetBox-1="[313,1273,321,976]" captionTargetId-0="figure-243@2.[313,1273,409,1177]" captionTargetId-1="figure-294@3.[313,1273,321,984]" captionTargetPageId-0="2" captionTargetPageId-1="3" captionText-0="FIGURES 1–4. Adults. 1, Nasusina inferior, male, California, Los Angeles Co. PasadenaEaton Canyon; 2, N. inferior, female, California, Lake Co. Cobb Mtn., Anderson Springs; 3, N. vallis, male, Holotype, Colorado, Mesa Co. John Brown Canyon; 4, N. vallis, female, paratype, Colorado, Mesa Co. John Brown Canyon." captionText-1="FIGURES 5–9. Adult structures. 5, Nasusina vallis, male, head and frons, dorsal view; 6, N. vallis, male, labial palpus; 7, N. vallis, male, leg showing hind tibial spurs; 8, N. vaporata, male, leg showing hind tibial spurs; 9, N. inferior, male, leg showing hind tibial spurs." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246341" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246343" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/5246341/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/5246343/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Figs. 3–7</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA1D822F68D19CAAB9FFB42" box="[398,472,1234,1260]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 14–16" captionStart-1="FIGURES 1719" captionStart-2="FIGURES 2021" captionStartId-0="6.[264,382,1039,1063]" captionStartId-1="6.[264,383,1793,1817]" captionStartId-2="7.[264,383,953,977]" captionTargetBox-0="[332,1255,335,995]" captionTargetBox-1="[363,1232,1273,1744]" captionTargetBox-2="[372,1222,325,924]" captionTargetId-0="figure-98@6.[313,1273,315,1015]" captionTargetId-1="figure-100@6.[313,1273,1263,1766]" captionTargetId-2="figure-190@7.[313,1273,310,946]" captionTargetPageId-0="6" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionTargetPageId-2="7" captionText-0="FIGURES 14–16. Male genital structures of Nasusina vallis. 14, genitalia less aedoeagus; 15 a, b, lateral views of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius); 16, vesica extracted from sheath of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius)." captionText-1="FIGURES 1719. Male genital structures of Nasusina vallis. 17, a, b lateral views of incompletely everted and uninflated vesica; 18, 7th and 8th (top) abdominal sternites (digitally enhanced image); 19, bifid uncus (arrow)." captionText-2="FIGURES 2021. Female genitalia. 20, Nasusina vallis, a, ventral view, b, dorsal view; 21, N. inferior, a, ventral view, b, dorsal view." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246347" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246349" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246351" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/5246347/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/5246349/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/5246351/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">14–20</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA1D822F60B1839ABCFFA95" bold="true" box="[264,392,1313,1339]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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The forewings of
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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA1D822F560183AA881FA95" box="[611,710,1314,1339]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">N. vallis</emphasis>
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are light smoky gray as opposed to the light smoky brown of
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, and there is only a very slight suggestion of the discal dot that is prominent in
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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA1D822F665186AABF9FA25" box="[358,446,1394,1419]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">inferior</emphasis>
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. The ventral plate in males of
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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA1D822F43A186AA93FFA25" box="[825,888,1394,1419]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">vallis</emphasis>
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, often visible without dissection by brushing away the abdominal scales, displays flared tips and an expanded base, as opposed to pointed tips and gently tapered base in
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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA1D822F41F18DAA933FA75" box="[796,884,1474,1499]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">inferior</emphasis>
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. The two tips are smooth, and not strongly chitonized and formed into needles as in
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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA1D822F45318F2A99EF9AD" box="[848,985,1514,1539]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. annulata</emphasis>
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Hulst.
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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA1D822F63B1B09AB97F985" bold="true" box="[312,464,1553,1579]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Description.</emphasis>
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MALES (
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):
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(base to apex):
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, mean =
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;
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=
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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA1D822F52F1B22A82BF9FD" box="[556,620,1594,1619]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Head</emphasis>
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(
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):
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<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA1D822F5E71B22A917F9FD" authorityName="Pearsall" authorityYear="1908" box="[740,848,1594,1619]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nasusina</taxonomicName>
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–
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type; frons vertically truncate, clothed with appressed scales, mostly very pale gray with speckling of brownishgray; short, bushy, brownishgray labial palpus approximately as long as eye width (
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); antennae weakly and evenly ciliate, with alternately brown and pale gray segments.
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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA1D822F37A1BAAAEF9F965" box="[1145,1214,1714,1739]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Body:</emphasis>
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Thorax, abdomen, and legs covered with mixture of pale gray and brownish scales. Ventral surface of the abdomen paler than the dorsal surface, with suggestion of dark band on segment II. Upper hind tibial pair of spurs slightly reduced in size over the lower pair (
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<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA1D822F37A1A32AE86F8EA" box="[1145,1217,1834,1860]" captionStart="FIGURES 5–9" captionStartId="3.[264,382,993,1017]" captionTargetBox="[313,1273,321,976]" captionTargetId="figure-294@3.[313,1273,321,984]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 5–9. Adult structures. 5, Nasusina vallis, male, head and frons, dorsal view; 6, N. vallis, male, labial palpus; 7, N. vallis, male, leg showing hind tibial spurs; 8, N. vaporata, male, leg showing hind tibial spurs; 9, N. inferior, male, leg showing hind tibial spurs." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246343" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246343/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
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), consistent with the genus.
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA1D822F6FE1A4AA808F8C5" box="[509,591,1874,1899]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Wings:</emphasis>
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Forewing light smoky gray, moderately narrow with pointed apex with only very slight suggestion of discal dot. Numerous fine cross lines, slightly curved below the costa, thence extending oblique inwardly and essentially parallel to the outer margin until they intersect the inner margin. Narrow pale band, whose width varies across individuals, just distad from the poorly defined pm. line, extending from apex to inner margin and essentially parallel to the outer margin. In very fresh specimens, color of latter band pale brownish or tawny because of overlying diffuse pale brown scales, which apparently slough off during the flight period. Same coloration basally and in central areas of wing where maculation is reduced. In most individuals, a very narrow, pale, and weakly defined
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA6D825F6641F44ABFFFDD8" box="[359,440,604,630]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" rank="subSpecies" subSpecies="line">st. line</taxonomicName>
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||
. Fringes paletipped and inwardly peppered with mixture of white and dark scales that produces a weak checkered aspect. Hindwings slightly paler than forewings only because more lightly maculated; marked by numerous darker lines and bands of varying widths without discal dark spot. Fringes as in the forewings, but less peppered with dark scales (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA6D825F69D1FE4ABA0FCB8" box="[414,487,764,790]" captionStart="FIGURES 1–4" captionStartId="2.[264,383,1203,1227]" captionTargetBox="[354,1235,431,1167]" captionTargetId="figure-243@2.[313,1273,409,1177]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1–4. Adults. 1, Nasusina inferior, male, California, Los Angeles Co. PasadenaEaton Canyon; 2, N. inferior, female, California, Lake Co. Cobb Mtn., Anderson Springs; 3, N. vallis, male, Holotype, Colorado, Mesa Co. John Brown Canyon; 4, N. vallis, female, paratype, Colorado, Mesa Co. John Brown Canyon." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246341" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246341/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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||
). Wings ventrally uniformly gray with very slight suggestion of forewing discal spot and slight repetition of darker dorsal striations.
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA6D825F4F91E3CAEEBFC90" bold="true" box="[1018,1196,804,830]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Male genitalia</emphasis>
|
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(
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA6D825F3BE1E3CAB61FCC8" captionStart-0="FIGURES 14–16" captionStart-1="FIGURES 1719" captionStartId-0="6.[264,382,1039,1063]" captionStartId-1="6.[264,383,1793,1817]" captionTargetBox-0="[332,1255,335,995]" captionTargetBox-1="[363,1232,1273,1744]" captionTargetId-0="figure-98@6.[313,1273,315,1015]" captionTargetId-1="figure-100@6.[313,1273,1263,1766]" captionTargetPageId-0="6" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionText-0="FIGURES 14–16. Male genital structures of Nasusina vallis. 14, genitalia less aedoeagus; 15 a, b, lateral views of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius); 16, vesica extracted from sheath of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius)." captionText-1="FIGURES 1719. Male genital structures of Nasusina vallis. 17, a, b lateral views of incompletely everted and uninflated vesica; 18, 7th and 8th (top) abdominal sternites (digitally enhanced image); 19, bifid uncus (arrow)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246347" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246349" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/5246347/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/5246349/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Figs. 14– 19</figureCitation>
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) [
|
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<specimenCount id="9D67FD11FFA6D825F63D1E54AB88FCC8" box="[318,463,844,870]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="generic">6 specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
dissected; the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DA883AFFA6D825F5791E54A8A6FCC8" box="[634,737,844,870]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
was not dissected, but only checked to verify species by lightly brushing the eighth sternite]: Hair pencils on abdominal segment IX poorly developed (not illustrated); eighth sternite partially bifurcated distally, tapering from base to apex; apically the two tines are expanded, but no more sclerotized than other portions (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA6D825F6121EF4AB26FBA8" box="[273,353,1004,1030]" captionStart="FIGURES 1719" captionStartId="6.[264,383,1793,1817]" captionTargetBox="[363,1232,1273,1744]" captionTargetId="figure-100@6.[313,1273,1263,1766]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 1719. Male genital structures of Nasusina vallis. 17, a, b lateral views of incompletely everted and uninflated vesica; 18, 7th and 8th (top) abdominal sternites (digitally enhanced image); 19, bifid uncus (arrow)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246349" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246349/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig.18</figureCitation>
|
||
); uncus short, bifid, with lower tine slightly broader and more rounded apically than upper tine (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA6D825F6C8190CA864FB80" box="[459,547,1044,1070]" captionStart="FIGURES 1719" captionStartId="6.[264,383,1793,1817]" captionTargetBox="[363,1232,1273,1744]" captionTargetId="figure-100@6.[313,1273,1263,1766]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 1719. Male genital structures of Nasusina vallis. 17, a, b lateral views of incompletely everted and uninflated vesica; 18, 7th and 8th (top) abdominal sternites (digitally enhanced image); 19, bifid uncus (arrow)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246349" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246349/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig. 19</figureCitation>
|
||
); valva (length 2.6 X width) medially broad, with smooth ventral margin, tapering to rounded apex (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA6D825F5B01924A949FBF8" box="[691,782,1084,1110]" captionStart="FIGURES 14–16" captionStartId="6.[264,382,1039,1063]" captionTargetBox="[332,1255,335,995]" captionTargetId="figure-98@6.[313,1273,315,1015]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 14–16. Male genital structures of Nasusina vallis. 14, genitalia less aedoeagus; 15 a, b, lateral views of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius); 16, vesica extracted from sheath of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246347" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246347/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
|
||
); saccus rounded; transitilla typical of other members of the genus; aedoeagus about 90% the valve length and 30% as wide as long. Vesica armed with seven sclerites (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA6D825F5B41994A978FB08" box="[695,831,1164,1190]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 14–16" captionStart-1="FIGURES 1719" captionStartId-0="6.[264,382,1039,1063]" captionStartId-1="6.[264,383,1793,1817]" captionTargetBox-0="[332,1255,335,995]" captionTargetBox-1="[363,1232,1273,1744]" captionTargetId-0="figure-98@6.[313,1273,315,1015]" captionTargetId-1="figure-100@6.[313,1273,1263,1766]" captionTargetPageId-0="6" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionText-0="FIGURES 14–16. Male genital structures of Nasusina vallis. 14, genitalia less aedoeagus; 15 a, b, lateral views of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius); 16, vesica extracted from sheath of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius)." captionText-1="FIGURES 1719. Male genital structures of Nasusina vallis. 17, a, b lateral views of incompletely everted and uninflated vesica; 18, 7th and 8th (top) abdominal sternites (digitally enhanced image); 19, bifid uncus (arrow)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246347" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246349" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/5246347/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/5246349/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Figs.15–17</figureCitation>
|
||
): three roughly oval dentate pieces; one larger elongate ovoid dentate piece; a small, smooth, curved piece; a smooth shovellike plate; a smooth disc.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA6D825F50019C4A821FB5B" authorityName="Ferris" authorityYear="2004" box="[515,614,1244,1269]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vallis">
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||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA6D825F50019C4A821FB5B" box="[515,614,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. vallis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is immediately recognized by the chitonized disc located in the aedoeagus at the entrance of the ductus ejaculatorius (arrows
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA6D825F323181CAEC4FAB0" box="[1056,1155,1284,1310]" captionStart="FIGURES 14–16" captionStartId="6.[264,382,1039,1063]" captionTargetBox="[332,1255,335,995]" captionTargetId="figure-98@6.[313,1273,315,1015]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 14–16. Male genital structures of Nasusina vallis. 14, genitalia less aedoeagus; 15 a, b, lateral views of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius); 16, vesica extracted from sheath of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246347" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246347/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Figs. 15</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA6D825F390181CAEF4FAB0" box="[1171,1203,1284,1310]" captionStart="FIGURES 1719" captionStartId="6.[264,383,1793,1817]" captionTargetBox="[363,1232,1273,1744]" captionTargetId="figure-100@6.[313,1273,1263,1766]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 1719. Male genital structures of Nasusina vallis. 17, a, b lateral views of incompletely everted and uninflated vesica; 18, 7th and 8th (top) abdominal sternites (digitally enhanced image); 19, bifid uncus (arrow)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246349" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246349/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">17</figureCitation>
|
||
). A small curved sclerite lies just above the disc.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA6D824F63B184CA83FFEF0" blockId="4.[264,1323,284,1870]" lastBlockId="5.[264,1323,284,510]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
|
||
FEMALES (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA6D825F6D2184CA85AFAC0" box="[465,541,1364,1390]" captionStart="FIGURES 1–4" captionStartId="2.[264,383,1203,1227]" captionTargetBox="[354,1235,431,1167]" captionTargetId="figure-243@2.[313,1273,409,1177]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1–4. Adults. 1, Nasusina inferior, male, California, Los Angeles Co. PasadenaEaton Canyon; 2, N. inferior, female, California, Lake Co. Cobb Mtn., Anderson Springs; 3, N. vallis, male, Holotype, Colorado, Mesa Co. John Brown Canyon; 4, N. vallis, female, paratype, Colorado, Mesa Co. John Brown Canyon." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246341" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246341/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
|
||
):
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA6D825F535184CA8BCFAC3" box="[566,763,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Forewing length</emphasis>
|
||
(base to apex):
|
||
<quantity id="4C999B7DFFA6D825F4C6184CAE16FAC0" box="[965,1105,1364,1390]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.25" metricValueMax="10.0" metricValueMin="8.5" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" unit="mm" value="9.25" valueMax="10.0" valueMin="8.5">8.5–10 mm</quantity>
|
||
, mean =
|
||
<quantity id="4C999B7DFFA6D825F3C5184CAF61FAC0" box="[1222,1318,1364,1390]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.2" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" unit="mm" value="9.2">9.2 mm</quantity>
|
||
. Maculation of wings and characters of head, thorax, body, and legs generally as in male; antenna slightly setose (as in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA6D825F56C18BCA8AAFA13" authorityName=", Barnes and McDunnough" authorityYear="1918" box="[623,749,1444,1469]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inferior">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA6D825F56C18BCA8AAFA13" box="[623,749,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. inferior</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA6D825F40A18BCA99EFA10" bold="true" box="[777,985,1444,1470]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Female genitalia</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA6D825F4EE18BCAE02FA10" box="[1005,1093,1444,1470]" captionStart="FIGURES 2021" captionStartId="7.[264,383,953,977]" captionTargetBox="[372,1222,325,924]" captionTargetId="figure-190@7.[313,1273,310,946]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2021. Female genitalia. 20, Nasusina vallis, a, ventral view, b, dorsal view; 21, N. inferior, a, ventral view, b, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246351" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246351/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
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||
) [
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D67FD11FFA6D825F36318BCAEB3FA10" box="[1120,1268,1444,1470]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="generic">5 specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
dissected]: Ovipositor lobes broad, rounded, moderately setose; anterior apophyses very long and moderately wide; posterior apophyses of normal length; caudal spur short, terminating on the laterocephalic edge of the ventral plate; ventral plate very lightly shagreened centrally; ostium bursae a broad irregularly shaped membranous funnel and very finely shagreened dorsally; ductus bursae short, terminating in a well developed and rounded colliculum. Corpus bursae: nearly globular; encircled by a narrow band of moderately robust spines at the base of the ductus bursae; most of remaining surface covered by spines with open areas below the upper narrow band and on right and left sides; spines long and well developed proximally, while toward the fundus, they become more diffuse and directed inwardly, producing starlike patterns on membrane surface. Ductus seminalis arises proximally, as a broad membranous tube, on right side and curves clockwise over the front of corpus bursae, as in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F6F51C5CA836FEF3" authorityName=", Barnes and McDunnough" authorityYear="1918" box="[502,625,324,349]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inferior">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F6F51C5CA836FEF3" box="[502,625,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. inferior</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37B6513FFA7D824F63B1C73AEEFFE50" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA7D824F63B1C73AEEFFE50" blockId="5.[264,1323,284,510]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F63B1C73ABA9FE2B" bold="true" box="[312,494,363,389]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Type material.</emphasis>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B093CC5FFA7D824F6F41C74AEEFFE50" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3337328305" collectingDate="2003-05-23" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="John Brown Canyon, S." county="Mesa Co." elevation="1515" latitude="38.652668" location="Gateway" longLatPrecision="11" longitude="-108.98317" municipality="All" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" specimenCount="55" specimenCount-female="40" specimenCount-male="15" stateProvince="Colorado" typeStatus="holotype">
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||
<typeStatus id="54DA883AFFA7D824F6F41C74A823FE28" box="[503,612,364,390]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
male and
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DA883AFFA7D824F5E21C74A901FE28" box="[737,838,364,390]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
female to be deposited in
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED70AE5DFFA7D824F3821C74AE9DFE28" box="[1153,1242,364,390]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
. Additional
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DA883AFFA7D824F6511C8CAB85FE00" box="[338,450,404,430]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
(
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D67FD11FFA7D824F6D01C8CA841FE09" box="[467,518,403,430]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="male">15♂</specimenCount>
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,
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D67FD11FFA7D824F5171C8CA801FE09" box="[532,582,403,430]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="female">40♀</specimenCount>
|
||
) to be deposited in other public museums and in the collection of the author.
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="6BBAACE2FFA7D824F6B21CA4AB91FE78" box="[433,470,444,470]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">All</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
specimens from the type locality,
|
||
<collectorName id="2694534EFFA7D824F4761CA4AED4FE78" box="[885,1171,444,470]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">John Brown Canyon, S.</collectorName>
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||
of
|
||
<location id="8EBE6043FFA7D824F3BE1CA4AF61FE78" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03C8878EFFA1D829F60B19B7A892FD40:8EBE6043FFA7D824F3BE1CA4AF61FE78" box="[1213,1318,444,470]" county="Mesa Co." latitude="38.652668" longLatPrecision="11" longitude="-108.98317" municipality="All" name="Gateway" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" stateProvince="Colorado">Gateway</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCounty id="62BF4E14FFA7D824F60B1CFCAB3CFE50" box="[264,379,484,510]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Mesa Co.</collectingCounty>
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,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49A5F87AFFA7D824F6841CFCABBFFE50" box="[391,504,484,510]" country="United States of America" name="Colorado" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Colorado</collectingRegion>
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||
; GPS:
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||
<geoCoordinate id="EE55505FFFA7D824F54A1CFCA89AFE50" box="[585,733,484,510]" degrees="38" direction="north" minutes="39.16" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" precision="9" value="38.652668">38° 39.16’N</geoCoordinate>
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,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE55505FFFA7D824F5E91CFCA9D6FE50" box="[746,913,484,510]" degrees="108" direction="west" minutes="58.99" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" precision="9" value="-108.98317">108° 58.99’W</geoCoordinate>
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||
,
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||
<quantity id="4C999B7DFFA7D824F49F1CFCA9B0FE50" box="[924,1015,484,510]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.515" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="m" value="1515.0">
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||
<elevation id="004CD1ABFFA7D824F49F1CFCA9B0FE50" box="[924,1015,484,510]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.515" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="m" value="1515.0">1515 m</elevation>
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</quantity>
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||
,
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||
<date id="FFDF1058FFA7D824F3071CFCAEE3FE50" box="[1028,1188,484,510]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2003-05-23">
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<collectingDate id="EF9BE9B0FFA7D824F3071CFCAEE3FE50" box="[1028,1188,484,510]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2003-05-23">23 May 2003</collectingDate>
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</date>
|
||
.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
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<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA7D824F60B188BAB82F9B4" blockId="5.[264,1323,1427,1562]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F60B188BAB8EFA05" bold="true" box="[264,457,1427,1451]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">FIGURES 1013.</emphasis>
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||
Male genital structures of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F5E6188BA9D9FA04" authorityName=", Barnes and McDunnough" authorityYear="1918" box="[741,926,1427,1450]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inferior">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F5E6188BA9D9FA04" box="[741,926,1427,1450]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Nasusina inferior</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. 10, genitalia less aedoeagus; 11 a, b, lateral views of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerites described in text); 12, a, b lateral views of incompletely everted and uninflated vesica; 13, 7th and 8th (top) abdominal sternites (digitally enhanced image).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37B6513FFA7D826F63B1B60AF44F9D3" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA7D824F63B1B60A9E7F8F4" blockId="5.[264,1322,1656,1882]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F63B1B60ABD3F93C" bold="true" box="[312,404,1656,1682]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Biology</emphasis>
|
||
. Unknown. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DA883AFFA7D824F5611B60A8D3F93C" box="[610,660,1656,1682]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality is located in an arid region of mesas and canyons.
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA7D824F6531BB8ABE3F914" box="[336,420,1696,1722]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–23" captionStartId="7.[264,382,1438,1462]" captionTargetBox="[343,1246,1068,1411]" captionTargetId="figure-192@7.[337,1250,1065,1414]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 22–23. John Brown Canyon type locality on 23 May, 2003. 21, general view from primitive road; 23, intermittent stream that lies below and parallel to the road." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246353" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246353/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
|
||
is a general view of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DA883AFFA7D824F5D31BB8A945F914" box="[720,770,1696,1722]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality habitat on 23 May, 2003, and
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA7D824F3D71BB8AF6FF914" box="[1236,1320,1696,1722]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–23" captionStartId="7.[264,382,1438,1462]" captionTargetBox="[343,1246,1068,1411]" captionTargetId="figure-192@7.[337,1250,1065,1414]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 22–23. John Brown Canyon type locality on 23 May, 2003. 21, general view from primitive road; 23, intermittent stream that lies below and parallel to the road." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246353" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246353/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Fig. 23</figureCitation>
|
||
shows the intermittent stream that lies behind and below the trees shown in
|
||
<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFA7D824F3811BD0AE9FF94C" box="[1154,1240,1736,1762]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–23" captionStartId="7.[264,382,1438,1462]" captionTargetBox="[343,1246,1068,1411]" captionTargetId="figure-192@7.[337,1250,1065,1414]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 22–23. John Brown Canyon type locality on 23 May, 2003. 21, general view from primitive road; 23, intermittent stream that lies below and parallel to the road." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246353" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246353/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
|
||
. Vegetation includes
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F6C01BE9A82DF8A4" authorityName="C.Linnaeus" authorityYear="1753" box="[451,618,1777,1802]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapindaceae" genus="Acer" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="negundo">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F6C01BE9A82DF8A4" box="[451,618,1777,1802]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Acer negundo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
L.,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F5A21BE9A909F8A4" box="[673,846,1776,1802]" class="Pinopsida" family="Cupressaceae" genus="Juniperus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F5A21BE9A953F8A4" box="[673,788,1777,1802]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Juniperus</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F45C1BE9AEC1F8A4" authority="Engelmann" authorityName="Engelmann" box="[863,1158,1776,1802]" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Pinus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="edulis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F45C1BE9A9B3F8A4" box="[863,1012,1777,1802]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Pinus edulis</emphasis>
|
||
Engelmann
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F3951BE9AF62F8A4" box="[1174,1317,1776,1802]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Salicaceae" genus="Populus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F3951BE9AEB1F8A4" box="[1174,1270,1777,1802]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Populus</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F60B1A01A874F89C" authority="Nuttall" authorityName="Nuttall" box="[264,563,1816,1842]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gambelii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F60B1A01AB90F89C" box="[264,471,1817,1842]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Quercus gambelii</emphasis>
|
||
Nuttall
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F53D1A01A89DF89C" box="[574,730,1816,1842]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Artemisia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F53D1A01A8F7F89C" box="[574,688,1817,1842]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Artemisia</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F5E41A01A9DAF89C" box="[743,925,1816,1842]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Ericameria" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F5E41A01A92BF89C" box="[743,876,1817,1842]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ericameria</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F4A91A01AE75F89C" box="[938,1074,1816,1842]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Lupinus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F4A91A01AE4FF89C" box="[938,1032,1817,1842]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Lupinus</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F33D1A01AEEEF89C" box="[1086,1193,1816,1842]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Grossulariaceae" genus="Ribes" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F33D1A01AE38F89C" box="[1086,1151,1817,1842]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ribes</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA7D824F3B51A01AF62F89C" box="[1206,1317,1816,1842]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Yucca" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA7D824F3B51A01AEBCF89C" box="[1206,1275,1817,1842]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Yucca</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, various other woody and herbaceous plants, and grasses.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF1E6610FFA4D827F60B1917ABE6FB21" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246347" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5246347" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246347/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" startId="6.[264,382,1039,1063]" targetBox="[332,1255,335,995]" targetPageId="6">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA4D827F60B1917ABE6FB21" blockId="6.[264,1323,1039,1167]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA4D827F60B1917AB88FB89" bold="true" box="[264,463,1039,1063]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">FIGURES 14–16.</emphasis>
|
||
Male genital structures of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA4D827F5F31908A9D3FB89" authorityName="Ferris" authorityYear="2004" box="[752,916,1040,1063]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vallis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA4D827F5F31908A9D3FB89" box="[752,916,1040,1063]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Nasusina vallis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. 14, genitalia less aedoeagus; 15 a, b, lateral views of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius); 16, vesica extracted from sheath of aedoeagus (arrows point to sclerotized disc at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF1E6610FFA4D827F60B1A19A842F8F0" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246349" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5246349" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246349/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" startId="6.[264,383,1793,1817]" targetBox="[363,1232,1273,1744]" targetPageId="6">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA4D827F60B1A19A842F8F0" blockId="6.[264,1323,1793,1886]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA4D827F60B1A19AB8DF8B7" bold="true" box="[264,458,1793,1817]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">FIGURES 1719.</emphasis>
|
||
Male genital structures of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA4D827F5E81A1AA9C8F8B7" authorityName="Ferris" authorityYear="2004" box="[747,911,1794,1817]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vallis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA4D827F5E81A1AA9C8F8B7" box="[747,911,1794,1817]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Nasusina vallis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. 17, a, b lateral views of incompletely everted and uninflated vesica; 18, 7th and 8th (top) abdominal sternites (digitally enhanced image); 19, bifid uncus (arrow).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF1E6610FFA5D826F60B1EA1A8C4FC5D" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246351" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5246351" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246351/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" startId="7.[264,383,953,977]" targetBox="[372,1222,325,924]" targetPageId="7">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA5D826F60B1EA1A8C4FC5D" blockId="7.[264,1322,953,1011]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA5D826F60B1EA1AB8DFC7F" bold="true" box="[264,458,953,977]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">FIGURES 2021.</emphasis>
|
||
Female genitalia. 20,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA5D826F5B51EA2A91EFC7F" authorityName="Ferris" authorityYear="2004" box="[694,857,954,977]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vallis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA5D826F5B51EA2A91EFC7F" box="[694,857,954,977]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Nasusina vallis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, a, ventral view, b, dorsal view; 21,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA5D826F3D81EA2AB76FC5D" authorityName=", Barnes and McDunnough" authorityYear="1918" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inferior">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA5D826F3D81EA2AB76FC5D" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">N. inferior</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, a, ventral view, b, dorsal view.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF1E6610FFA5D826F60B1886AE54FA72" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246353" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5246353" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246353/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" startId="7.[264,382,1438,1462]" targetBox="[343,1246,1068,1411]" targetPageId="7">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA5D826F60B1886AE54FA72" blockId="7.[264,1322,1438,1500]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA5D826F60B1886AB89FA18" bold="true" box="[264,462,1438,1462]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">FIGURES 22–23.</emphasis>
|
||
John Brown Canyon type locality on 23 May, 2003. 21, general view from primitive road; 23, intermittent stream that lies below and parallel to the road.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA5D826F63B1B0BAF44F9D3" blockId="7.[264,1323,1555,1901]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA5D826F63B1B0BAB9AF983" bold="true" box="[312,477,1555,1581]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Flight period</emphasis>
|
||
. Probably mid to late May; perhaps variable on an annual basis subject to environmental conditions. Considering the worn condition of the males and preponderance of females, the first appearance of males was projected to be about 15 May, 2003.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37B6513FFA5D826F63B1B93A9AEF90B" box="[312,1001,1675,1701]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA5D826F63B1B93A9AEF90B" blockId="7.[264,1323,1555,1901]" box="[312,1001,1675,1701]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA5D826F63B1B93AB9FF90B" bold="true" box="[312,472,1675,1701]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Presently known only from the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DA883AFFA5D826F4511B93A9C3F90B" box="[850,900,1675,1701]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37B6513FFA5D826F63B1BABAEB8F95B" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA5D826F63B1BABAEB8F95B" blockId="7.[264,1323,1555,1901]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA5D826F63B1BABABFAF963" bold="true" box="[312,445,1715,1741]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Etymology</emphasis>
|
||
. The epithet
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFA5D826F5551BACA8D1F963" authorityName="Ferris" authorityYear="2004" box="[598,662,1716,1741]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vallis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA5D826F5551BACA8D1F963" box="[598,662,1716,1741]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">vallis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is derived from the Latin feminine noun meaning valley to reflect the narrow canyon habitat of this species. There is no Latin word for canyon.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37B6513FFA5D826F63B1A1BA998F8C3" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFA5D826F63B1A1BA998F8C3" blockId="7.[264,1323,1555,1901]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFA5D826F63B1A1BABF2F8B3" bold="true" box="[312,437,1795,1821]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Variation.</emphasis>
|
||
In addition to the variation in forewing length, the forewing dorsal discal spot varies from absent to a small point consisting of from six to twelve black scales (typically); otherwise there is little discernible variation in habitus.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37B6513FFAAD829F63B1C03A892FD40" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDE3698FFAAD829F63B1C03A892FD40" blockId="8.[264,1323,283,750]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F63B1C03AB84FE9B" bold="true" box="[312,451,283,309]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Discussion.</emphasis>
|
||
As has been noted previously by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF04B69FFAAD829F4591C04AE11FE98" author="McDunnough, J." box="[858,1110,284,310]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="533 - 728" refId="ref3292" refString="McDunnough, J. (1949) Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 93, 533 - 728, plates 26 - 32." type="journal article" year="1949">McDunnough (1949)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, the separation of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F60B1C5CAB32FEF3" authorityName="Pearsall" authorityYear="1908" box="[264,373,324,349]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F60B1C5CAB32FEF3" box="[264,373,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Nasusina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
into a genus distinct from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F5AD1C5CA96AFEF3" authorityName="Curtis" authorityYear="1825" box="[686,813,324,349]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Eupithecia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F5AD1C5CA96AFEF3" box="[686,813,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Eupithecia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is tenuous and based upon very weak characters: reduction in size of the upper pair of hind tibial spurs; frons bulging, usually truncate vertically, and clothed in closely appressed scales. Within the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F3601C8CAEA5FE03" authorityName="Curtis" authorityYear="1825" box="[1123,1250,404,429]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Eupithecia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F3601C8CAEA5FE03" box="[1123,1250,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Eupithecia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F3F81C8CAF66FE03" box="[1275,1313,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">s.s.</emphasis>
|
||
) there is some variation in size of the hind tibial spurs. The range of variation within
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F3E71CA4AB7FFE53" authorityName="Pearsall" authorityYear="1908" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F3E71CA4AB7FFE53" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Nasusina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is extensive as is shown in
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<figureCitation id="135A2A1DFFAAD829F5801CFCA893FE50" box="[643,724,484,510]" captionStart="FIGURES 5–9" captionStartId="3.[264,382,993,1017]" captionTargetBox="[313,1273,321,976]" captionTargetId="figure-294@3.[313,1273,321,984]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 5–9. Adult structures. 5, Nasusina vallis, male, head and frons, dorsal view; 6, N. vallis, male, labial palpus; 7, N. vallis, male, leg showing hind tibial spurs; 8, N. vaporata, male, leg showing hind tibial spurs; 9, N. inferior, male, leg showing hind tibial spurs." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246343" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5246343/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Figs. 8</figureCitation>
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(
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<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F5E61CFCA908FE53" box="[741,847,484,509]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaporata">
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<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F5E61CFCA908FE53" box="[741,847,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">vaporata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
) and 9 (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F4B71CFCAE49FE53" authorityName=", Barnes and McDunnough" authorityYear="1918" box="[948,1038,484,509]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inferior">
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||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F4B71CFCAE49FE53" box="[948,1038,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">inferior</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). In many specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F60B1F14ABA4FD88" authority="(Hulst)" baseAuthorityName="Hulst" box="[264,483,524,550]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minuta">
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||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F60B1F14ABC5FD8B" box="[264,386,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. minuta</emphasis>
|
||
(Hulst)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(not illustrated), the upper pair of spurs is often vestigial at best. McDunnough recognized four species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F4071F2CA936FDE3" authorityName="Pearsall" authorityYear="1908" box="[772,881,564,589]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F4071F2CA936FDE3" box="[772,881,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Nasusina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and the most recent catalog of the World
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F6541F44ABA9FDD8" baseAuthorityName="Leach" baseAuthorityYear="1815" box="[343,494,604,630]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Geometridae</taxonomicName>
|
||
by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF04B69FFAAD829F5191F44A8F9FDD8" author="Scoble, M. J." box="[538,702,604,630]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" refId="ref3335" refString="Scoble, M. J. (Ed) (1999) Geometrid Moths of the World: a Catalogue. CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia, 2 vol. 1,016 pp. + 129 pp. + 129 pp." type="book" year="1999">Scoble (1999)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
lists the same four species (page 622). I have elected to place
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F66D1F9CABE9FD33" authorityName="Ferris" authorityYear="2004" box="[366,430,644,669]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vallis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F66D1F9CABE9FD33" box="[366,430,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">vallis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F6D61F9CA805FD33" authorityName="Pearsall" authorityYear="1908" box="[469,578,644,669]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F6D61F9CA805FD33" box="[469,578,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Nasusina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
because of the similarity to other members of the genus in the general form of the genitalia in both sexes and the habitus of the adults. The habitat is also consistent with other
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C614D1BFFAAD829F5071FCCA892FD40" box="[516,725,724,750]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Nasusina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="B915EA8AFFAAD829F5071FCCA836FD43" box="[516,625,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Nasusina</emphasis>
|
||
species.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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||
</treatment>
|
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