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Saturniidae
890042 – 7731   Hemileuca nevadensis Stretch, 1872
             Nevada Buck Moth
Distribution Data for Hemileuca nevadensis
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Synonymy:
  • nevadensis Stretch, 1872 (Hemileuca) - MONA 1983: 7731
      Type locality: Dayton, NV.
  • artemis Packard, 1893 (Hemileuca) N. SYN. - MONA 1983: 7731.1
      Type locality: Mesilla Valley, Las Cruces, NM.
  • californica Wright, 1888 (Hemileuca)
      Type locality: "Southern California".
  • latifascia Barnes & McDunnough, 1916 (Hemileuca)
      Type locality: Aweme, MB.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Hemileuca nevadensis Stretch, 1872 includes as a new synonym Hemileuca artemis Packard, 1893 (St Laurent in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) and Tuttle (2023). For a more in information, see St Laurent in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023), Lemaire (2002), Dupuis et al. (2018).
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Barnes, W.M. & J.H. McDunnough, 1916. Some new races and species of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 48: 224.
    • Dupuis, J.R., R.S. Peigler, S.M. Geib & D. Rubinoff, 2018. Phylogenomics supports incongruence between ecological specialization and taxonomy in a charismatic clade of buck moths. Molecular Ecology, 27(22): 4417-4429.
    • Ferguson, D. C., 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2a: p. 119; pl. 8.12-21. order or free PDF
    • Kitching, I., R. Rougerie, A. Zwick, C. Hamilton, R. St Laurent, S. Naumann, L. Ballesteros Mejia, A. Kawahara, 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal, 6: e22236.
    • Lemaire, C., 2002. Hemileucinae. The Saturniidae of America (3 volume set), 4: 1,388 pages.
    • Lemaire, C., 2002. Hemileucinae. The Saturniidae of America (3 volume set), 4: 1,388 pages.
    • Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 36.3m; p. 238. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
    • Species page at Moths of North Dakota.
    • Stretch, R.H., 1872. Illustrations of the Zygænidæ & Bombycidæ of North America, 1: 108; pl. 4, fig. 10.
    • Tuttle, J.P., 2023. Returning Hemileuca artemis Packard to Synonymy with Hemileuca nevadensis Stretch (Hemileucinae: Saturniidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 77(4): 247-252.
    • Wright, W.G., 1888. Description of a new Hemileuca. The Canadian Entomologist, 20: 31.
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