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910270.00 – 7426 Nomenia duodecemlineata (Packard, 1873)

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Distribution Data for Nomenia duodecemlineata

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Distribution:	Type locality (duodecemlineata): California; implied to be San Francisco region because type material was collected by Hy. Edwards (C. Schmidt, in litt., 2023). Type locality (unipecta): ♂ Plumas Co., CA; the ♀ from Pasadena, CA. Type locality (var. secunda): unknown.
Larva and Host Plants:	(duodecemlineata) - Garry Oak (Pacific Forestry Centre vouchers barcoded) (secunda) - uncertain; NM vouchers reared from grey oak, absent where CO voucher is from, and absent at secunda TL (C. Schmidt, in litt., 2023).
Description/ Field Marks:	Males with antennae "unipectinate, pectinations tipped with a fascicle of hairs, and on each side a row of cilia, apex simple..." - Pearsall(1905:126). Genitalia: see Viidalepp (2011). • N. d. secunda is found in Colorado and possibly Utah and New Mexico. It may be represented at BOLD by BOLD:AAM8605. • Nomenia unipecta, a current synonym of duodecemlineata, may be a good species represented by BOLD:ACY6939 with a more easterly and southerly distribution.
Similar Species:	Venusia comptaria (Walker, 1860) Venusia pearsalli (Dyar, 1906) Undescribed sp. nr. duodecemlineata represented by BOLD:AAI5142 has a distribution limited to San Diego County. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	• Larentia duodecemlineata Packard, 1873 • Nomenia unipecta Pearsall, 1906 • Nomenia secunda Pearsall, 1906
Taxonomic Notes:	Nomenia obsoleta Swett, 1916 was formerly in the genus Venusia which previously included as a synonym Nomenia, a genus recognized as valid in Xue & Scoble (2002). DNA barcode appears to support Nomenia obsoleta Swett, 1916 as a synonym but examination of type specimens will be needed for confirmation. DNA barcode also appears to support the possibility of closely related cryptic species, some of which may refer to current synonyms of duodecemlineata.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAI5142 (nr. duodecemlineata?).
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAI5143 (duodecemlineata and obsoleta?).
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAM8605 (secunda?).
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ACY6939 (unipecta?).
Dyar, H.G., 1906. A note on the Euchoeca comptaria muddle. The Canadian Entomologist, 38: 110.
Packard, 1874. Catalogue of the Phalaenidae of California. No. 2. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 16: 19.
Packard, A.S., 1876. A monograph of the geometrid moths or Phalaenidae of the United States. Report (Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)), 10: 84; pl. 8, fig. 26.
Pearsall, R.F., 1905. The genus Venusia and its included species. The Canadian Entomologist, 37: 125-128.
Pearsall, R.F., 1905. Whom shall we follow?. The Canadian Entomologist, 37: 331-332.
Pearsall, R.F., 1906. What Euchoe comptaria, Walk., really is. The Canadian Entomologist, 37: 33-38.
Prout, L.B., 1909. On the genera Venusia, Euchceca and Hydrelia. The Canadian Entomologist, 41: 93-94.
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Taylor, G.W., 1905. The genus Venusia and its included species. The Canadian Entomologist, 37: 239-240.
Taylor, G.W., 1906. A further note on Euchoeca Comptaria and the allied species. The Canadian Entomologist, 38: 203-204.
Viidalepp, J., 2011. A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zootaxa, 3136: 10; fig. 28 (♂ gen.) - PDF.
Xue, D. & M.J. Scoble, 2002. A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Entomology), 71: 97.

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