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Type specimens of Catocala. 33 lectotype, C. phoebe Hulst, 1884 and C. phoebe H. Edwards, 1885 34 lectotype, C. pura Hulst, 1880 35 lectotype, C. rosalinda H. Edwards, 1880 36 lectotype , C. sancta Hulst, 1884 37 lectotype, C. sheba Cassino, 1919 38 neotype, C. stretchii Behr, 1870 39 neotype, C. texanae French, 1902 40 lectotype, C. titania Dodge, 1900.
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The taxonomy of the Nearctic species in the genus Catocala is reviewed, and a revised check list presented. A total of 101 species is recognized, with a synonymy comprising 357 names. The status of 61 available names is assessed, with designation and illustration of 41 lectotypes and 5 neotypes. Taxonomic changes include 23 new synonymies, 3 revise...
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... However, barcode sharing or overlap is equally prevalent among sympatric species of a second Salicaceaegroup, and a Carya-group. Species in both groups show strident phenotypic differences in both adults and larvae, and their status as bona species has not been questioned [59,60]; for example, C. parta / luciana / junctura / meskei and C. briseis / semirelicta have closely similar barcodes, but shared host plants, habitats and similar genitalic morphologies may facilitate hybridization. Further study of the 16 North American species in the Salicaceaegroup [59,60] is needed to resolve the evolutionary history of this complex, particularly through nuclear gene markers and biogeographical analysis. ...
... Species in both groups show strident phenotypic differences in both adults and larvae, and their status as bona species has not been questioned [59,60]; for example, C. parta / luciana / junctura / meskei and C. briseis / semirelicta have closely similar barcodes, but shared host plants, habitats and similar genitalic morphologies may facilitate hybridization. Further study of the 16 North American species in the Salicaceaegroup [59,60] is needed to resolve the evolutionary history of this complex, particularly through nuclear gene markers and biogeographical analysis. The same is true of the 23 species of the Caryagroup, where at least Catocala insolabilis, C. dejecta, C. lacrymosa, C. palaeogama, C. retecta, C. judith, C. robinsonii, C. obscura, C. habilis, C. residua, C. vidua, C. flebilis, and C. robinsonii form a series with overlapping and identical barcodes. ...
... However, barcode sharing or overlap is equally prevalent among sympatric species of a second Salicaceaegroup, and a Carya-group. Species in both groups show strident phenotypic differences in both adults and larvae, and their status as bona species has not been questioned [59,60]; for example, C. parta / luciana / junctura / meskei and C. briseis / semirelicta have closely similar barcodes, but shared host plants, habitats and similar genitalic morphologies may facilitate hybridization. Further study of the 16 North American species in the Salicaceaegroup [59,60] is needed to resolve the evolutionary history of this complex, particularly through nuclear gene markers and biogeographical analysis. ...
... Species in both groups show strident phenotypic differences in both adults and larvae, and their status as bona species has not been questioned [59,60]; for example, C. parta / luciana / junctura / meskei and C. briseis / semirelicta have closely similar barcodes, but shared host plants, habitats and similar genitalic morphologies may facilitate hybridization. Further study of the 16 North American species in the Salicaceaegroup [59,60] is needed to resolve the evolutionary history of this complex, particularly through nuclear gene markers and biogeographical analysis. The same is true of the 23 species of the Caryagroup, where at least Catocala insolabilis, C. dejecta, C. lacrymosa, C. palaeogama, C. retecta, C. judith, C. robinsonii, C. obscura, C. habilis, C. residua, C. vidua, C. flebilis, and C. robinsonii form a series with overlapping and identical barcodes. ...
This study provides a first, comprehensive, diagnostic use of DNA barcodes for the Canadian fauna of noctuoids or "owlet" moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) based on vouchered records for 1,541 species (99.1% species coverage), and more than 30,000 sequences. When viewed from a Canada-wide perspective, DNA barcodes unambiguously discriminate 90% of the noctuoid species recognized through prior taxonomic study, and resolution reaches 95.6% when considered at a provincial scale. Barcode sharing is concentrated in certain lineages with 54% of the cases involving 1.8% of the genera. Deep intraspecific divergence exists in 7.7% of the species, but further studies are required to clarify whether these cases reflect an overlooked species complex or phylogeographic variation in a single species. Non-native species possess higher Nearest-Neighbour (NN) distances than native taxa, whereas generalist feeders have lower NN distances than those with more specialized feeding habits. We found high concordance between taxonomic names and sequence clusters delineated by the Barcode Index Number (BIN) system with 1,082 species (70%) assigned to a unique BIN. The cases of discordance involve both BIN mergers and BIN splits with 38 species falling into both categories, most likely reflecting bidirectional introgression. One fifth of the species are involved in a BIN merger reflecting the presence of 158 species sharing their barcode sequence with at least one other taxon, and 189 species with low, but diagnostic COI divergence. A very few cases (13) involved species whose members fell into both categories. Most of the remaining 140 species show a split into two or three BINs per species, while Virbia ferruginosa was divided into 16. The overall results confirm that DNA barcodes are effective for the identification of Canadian noctuoids. This study also affirms that BINs are a strong proxy for species, providing a pathway for a rapid, accurate estimation of animal diversity.
... The brothers evidently sent a few syntypes to correspondents before the fire. A surviving name-bearing type of titania, for many years in the possession of William Barnes and figured in Barnes & McDunnough (1918a), was designated as lectotype by Gall & Hawks (2010). Leussler (1921) claimed that a "type" of Hesperia pawnee also was lost in a fire, but this contradicts the comments of Edgar, who claimed that only a box of Catocala had burned, but it "unfortunately contained all our types" (29.xii.1920 ...
The brothers Edgar A. Dodge and George M. Dodge studied insects during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They corresponded and exchanged countless specimens with many prominent entomologists. Their younger brother, Charles F. Dodge, collected insects to a lesser extent. The Dodges obtained specimens primarily where they resided in Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, and California. Edgar's son, Ralph E. Dodge, collected moths, mostly in Nebraska and California. Detailed biographical information is provided for these members of the Dodge family, as well as for John P. Strohbeen, who collected Lepidoptera with Edgar in California. Their photographs are presented for the first time. George described 17 taxa of Lepidoptera and Orthoptera, which are summarized with remarks about related type specimens. Also listed are seven entomological patronyms that honor Edgar and George.
Underwing moths in the genus Catocala Schrank are among the most charismatic of Lepidoptera. Catocala is also one of the most diverse genera worldwide in the speciose family Erebidae, but a phylogenetic framework for the genus is lacking. Here we reconstruct the first comprehensive molecular phylogeny for the genus based on 685 anchored hybrid enrichment loci sampled from 161 Catocala species (99 Nearctic, 62 Palearctic), four species of Ulotrichopus Wallengren and 33 outgroups. Phylogenetic analysis unambiguously recovers Catocala and Catocala + Ulotrichopus as monophyletic with strong support and resolves many backbone relationships within Catocala. Our results confirm the classification of previously proposed taxonomic subgroups of Catocala , including seven based on recent molecular/morphological evidence, and ten based on early twentieth‐century morphological research. Mapping of larval host plant use onto the tree shows Fabaceae to be the likely ancestral host plant family for Catocala and Catocala + Ulotrichopus . There appear to have been at least 18 independent larval host plant shifts to nine plant families, the most common shift being from Fabaceae to Fagaceae. Larval host plant use has likely played an important role in the evolutionary history of Catocala , with several rapid diversification events propelled by shifts to novel larval host plants, particularly in the North American Catocala fauna.
The taxonomy of the Catocala nupta (L.), 1757 complex is analyzed using corresponding characters of the male genitalia, wing pattern, and COI 5' mitochondrial DNA, and is presently found to contain only two additional species: Catocala concubia Walker, [1858], and a new species Catocala benedeki described herein. Three new lectotypes are designated, and 12 status changes for existing names are introduced (10 new synonyms, 2 revised statuses).
A new species of underwing moth, Catocala ventura sp. nov., is described from California, USA. Wing pattern and Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I 5′ mitochondrial DNA separate C. ventura from related species with similar wing pattern and structure. © 2016 Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. All rights reserved.
The nominal taxon Hesperia illinois Dodge, 1872 (now recognized as Euphyes bimicula illinois) was described from over 40 specimens collected in Bureau County, Illinois, by the brothers Edgar and George Dodge. Since 1999, H. illinois has been represented by a neotype from Grundy County, Illinois, but this designation is nomenclaturally invalid for technical reasons. In addition, at least three syntypes of H. illinois exist. A lectotype is designated, thereby returning the type locality to Bureau County, Illinois.
Nine previously published neotype designations in the noctuid moth genus Catocala are reviewed for compliance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Eight of the designations are found to have not fulfilled one (75.3.2) of the seven qualifying conditions of Article 75.3 when these were originally published, and are redesignated herein. The eight Catocala names involved are connubialis Guenée, dollii Beutenmüller, grotiana Bailey, irene Behr, micronympha Guenée, stretchii Behr, texanae French and walshii Edwards. The ninth neotype designation, for calphurnia Henry Edwards, is considered valid as originally published.
A new species of underwing moth, Catocala aestivalia sp. nov., is described from northern Florida, USA. Genitalic and Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I 5′ mitochondrial DNA characters differentiate C. aestivalia from related species with similar wing pattern and structure. In contrast to these other related Catocala species, C. aestivalia appears to specialize on Crataegus aestivalis growing in or near hydric hardwood forests along streams and rivers. © 2015 Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. All rights reserved.
