Noctuidae
932621.1 –
9964 Anathix immaculata
(Morrison, 1875)
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Description/
Field Marks: |
"Orthosia immaculata, nov. sp.
Expanse 37 mm. Length of body 17 mm.
Eyes apparently naked, with strong lashes. Antenne of the male pubescent.
Head and thorax reddish-brown, the latter smooth and without dorsal tufts. Abdomen short and untufted. Tibiae unarmed.
Anterior wings uniform reddish-brown, having the lines obsolete; the ordinary spots small, black, and obscure; fringe red, preceded by a suffused black terminal band.
Posterior wings brownish-fuscous, the veins red; fringe also red, tipped with white.
Beneath both wings are uniform brownish-fuscous, with the veins and costae reddish.
Hab. South Nevada (Crotch).
From the Museum of Comparative Zoology.
The head of the single specimen examined is mouldy, but the eyes appear to be naked." (Morrison 1875) |
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| Synonymy: |
immaculata (Morrison, 1875) (Orthosia) ident. uncert. - MONA 1983: 9964
Type locality: South Nevada. |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Anathix immaculata (Morrison, 1875) is listed as "ident. uncert." by Schmidt (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) following Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010), ZooKeys, 40:165. The type specimen has apparently been lost and "the expanse is given in the original description as 37 mm, much larger than any Anathix known". |
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| References |
- Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239.
- Morrison, H.K., 1875. Notes on the Noctuidae, with descriptions of certain new species. no. II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 27: 433.
- 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).
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