Saturniidae
890041.2 –
7730.4 Hemileuca menyanthevora
Pavulaan, 2020
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| Distribution: |
Canada: Ottawa, ON; USA: Oswego Co., NY, Marquette Co. and Ozaukee Co. WI (Pavulaan 2020). |
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| Synonymy: |
menyanthevora Pavulaan, 2020 (Hemileuca) REV. STAT.
Type locality: Holotype: Brennan Beach Camp, Pulaski, Oswego Co., NY.iroquois Cryan & Dirig, 2020 (Hemileuca) N. SYN.
Note: Originally described as a “hemispecies” of menyanthevora Pavulaan, 2020. |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Hemileuca menyanthevora Pavulaan, 2020, rev. stat. (St Laurent in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), was originally described as a subspecies of maia Drury. This species includes as a new synonym Hemileuca iroquois Cryan & Dirig, 2020 (St Laurent in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023). |
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| References |
- Pavulaan, H., 2020. A phenotypic comparison of regional populations of Hemileuca maia (Drury, 1773) with designations of new subspecies (Bombycoidea, Saturniidae, Hemileucinae). Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(5): 1-16.
- 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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