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<mods:title>Revision of the genus Eadmuna Schaus, 1928 (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae) with a description of a new species from French Guiana</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>St. Laurent, Ryan A.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152059263" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D5F83AE02BD6DDF463DBAB5EE7186F8B" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D5F83AE02BD6DDF463DBAB5EE7186F8B" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="62" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="59">Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Mimallonidae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="59" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="59">
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<taxonomicName authority="Schaus, 1896" authorityName="Schaus" authorityYear="1896" class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula (Schaus, 1896)</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="8" pageNumber="59">comb. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 8, 17, 18
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="60" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Perophora" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Perophora pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="9" pageNumber="60" start="start">Perophora</pageBreakToken>
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pulverula
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</taxonomicName>
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Schaus, 1896
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Cicinnus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cicinnus pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Cicinnus pulverula</taxonomicName>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Schaus, W" editor="Seitz, A" journalOrPublisher="A. Kernen, Stuttgart" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" pagination="635 - 672" title="Familie Mimallonidae." volumeTitle="Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 6. Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwaermer" year="1928">Schaus 1928</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Cicinnus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cicinnus pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Cicinnus pulverula</taxonomicName>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Becker, VO" editor="Heppner, JB" journalOrPublisher="Association for Tropical Lepidoptera & Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" pagination="17 - 19" title="Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera, Checklist. Part 4 B. Drepanoidea, Bombycoidea, Sphingoidea." year="1996">Becker 1996</bibRefCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="60" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Type material.</paragraph>
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Holotype: BRAZIL,
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Paulo, Wm. Schaus collection, USNM holotype No.:12563- St Laurent diss: 11-1-14:8 [examined] [♀, USNM]. Paratypes: none. Type locality: BRAZIL,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
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Paulo.
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="61" type="diagnosis">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="10" pageNumber="61" start="start">Diagnosis</pageBreakToken>
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Similar to female of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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but the forewing apex is more falcate, the forewing discal hyaline patch slightly smaller, and with a distinct, thin dark line along the venter of the abdomen from the thorax to the distal end.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="61">
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The papillae anales in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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are much broader and stockier than in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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, the apophyses anteriores and posteriores are approximately the same length in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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whereas the apophyses posteriores are shorter than the apophyses anteriores in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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. Sclerotized, ribbon-like plates are located on the venter of the eighth abdominal segments in both species, but those of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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are wider and angled inward toward each other medially, but are more parallel in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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. Finally, the corpus bursae of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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lacks any sclerotized structure, but in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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, this is the most distinctive trait of the genitalia.
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="61" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="61">Description.</paragraph>
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Female.Head: Antennae bipectinate. Thorax: As for female of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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. Legs: As for female of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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, but small scales nearly completely cover tibial spurs. Forewing dorsum: Forewing length: 24 mm, n=1. As for female of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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but with slightly more pronounced apex and overall darker coloration and heavier speckling due to higher number of petiolate scales. Hyaline discal mark smaller. Postmedial line present, darker, thicker, brown, dentate, narrowly interrupted by veins, dark wedge where postmedial line meets costa. Antemedial lines present, bilobed, B-shaped, but straighter. Forewing venter: As for dorsum, postmedial line more contrasting. Hindwing dorsum: Coloration as for forewing though lighter overall, anal angle accentuated. Postmedial line dentate, dark, well pronounced, narrowly interrupted by veins, slightly lighter than that of forewing. No hyaline patches present. Hindwing venter: As for dorsum, but lighter, especially in antemedial area. Wing venation: As for genus. Abdomen: Very robust, color similar to that of thorax, though yellowing somewhat in holotype, likely due to age of specimen. Longitudinal dark line along middle of abdominal venter formed by darkbrown, thin, petiolate scales. Genitalia: n=1. Papillae anales stocky, somewhat triangular, covered in fine setae, apophyses posteriors and anteriores of similar length, though apophyses posteriors slightly thicker, only one of each apophysis present in holotype specimen due to damage. Ductus bursae short, corpus bursae small, baglike, without signum or cornuti. Remnants of appendix bursae visible. Wide, elongated, sclerotized plates present of venter of eighth segment, curving inward toward each other, roughly midway along their length. Male. Unknown.
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="61">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Known only from the type specimen, collected in
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Paulo; no further locality information is available. Distribution is represented in Fig. 18 by a green placeholder star near the center of the state of
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<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
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Paulo; however, it may be inferred from the distributions of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna esperans" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esperans">Eadmuna esperans</taxonomicName>
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and
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that
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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likely ranges farther to the east in the state of
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Paulo nearer to the coastal Atlantic Forest.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="62" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="61">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="61">
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The holotype of
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was determined to be a female of an
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species due to its close similarity to female
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from Santa Catarina, Brazil. Despite the fact that female
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had not been recognized prior to this work, it can be reasonably determined that the females from Santa Catarina are in fact
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(see remarks of
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) whereas the female of
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most likely represent a distinct species based on differences in genitalia.
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<pageBreakToken pageId="11" pageNumber="62" start="start">Unfortunately</pageBreakToken>
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, the genitalia of the holotype of
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are not intact (see Fig. 17) and thus are not entirely available for study. However, the genitalia characters that are present are very distinct from either of the Santa Catarina
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females, which were both similar to each other. The size differences between the two taxa are among the most striking. Although the overall size of the females of
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and
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are very similar, the genitalia of
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are nearly twice as large as those of
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in all respects.
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It is possible that
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is the unidentified female of
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due to process of elimination in that the only
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known to occur in southern and southeastern Brazil are
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and
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and the female of
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has been identified. However, there is not enough evidence to support
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna esperans" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esperans">Eadmuna esperans</taxonomicName>
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as being conspecific. A major problem with considering
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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to be the female of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna esperans" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esperans">Eadmuna esperans</taxonomicName>
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is the wing color. Females of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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are so similar to conspecific males that one would expect the female of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna esperans" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esperans">Eadmuna esperans</taxonomicName>
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also to be very similar to conspecific males, and not exhibit the extreme dimorphism that would be present if
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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was considered conspecific with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna esperans" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esperans">Eadmuna esperans</taxonomicName>
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. Extreme sexual dimorphism in wing color and pattern is not common in
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<taxonomicName family="Mimallonidae" lsidName="" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" rank="family">Mimallonidae</taxonomicName>
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, aside from the fact that females are usually larger than males, with much broader wings (R. A. St Laurent pers. obs.). In actuality,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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is very similar to female
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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, with major differences only in the genitalia.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="62">
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The genitalia of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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are so distinct from the females of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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that it becomes impossible to consider them the same entity which, based on wing morphology alone, would have been the most logical conclusion pending further evidence. The most conservative approach in dealing with the name
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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is to transfer it to
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Eadmuna</taxonomicName>
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from
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Cicinnus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cicinnus" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cicinnus</taxonomicName>
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due to the female holotype bearing a striking similarity to female
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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, but to maintain it as a valid species rather than trying to associate it with cryptic males currently considered
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna paloa" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paloa">Eadmuna paloa</taxonomicName>
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or attributing it to
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna esperans" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esperans">Eadmuna esperans</taxonomicName>
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by mere process of elimination. Until female
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna esperans" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esperans">Eadmuna esperans</taxonomicName>
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are accurately associated with the easily recognizable males, the current placement of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mimallonidae" genus="Eadmuna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eadmuna pulverula" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulverula">Eadmuna pulverula</taxonomicName>
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remains somewhat inconclusive.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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