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Geometridae
91a0143 – 7425   Venusia cambrica Curtis, 1839
             Welsh Wave

DNA - © Dick Wilson
Description/
Field Marks:
Males have antennae bipectinate.
Genitalia: See British Lepidoptera
Similar Species:
  • Venusia cambrica is represented at BOLD by two BIN groups: AAA1585, North American, and AAA1586, Eurasian. DNA barcode separates the two by ~4.62% which supports treatment as two separate species. If split, the name V. scitularia, Walker, 1860, TL=NY, currently treated as a synonym of cambrica, would seem to apply to the NA population.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • cambrica Curtis 1839 (Venusia) - MONA 1983: 7425; Type locality: "Hafad in Cardigan [Wales], near Devil's Bridge"
  • cambricaria Guenée [1858] (Venusia)
  • erutaria Boisduval 1840 (Hydrelia)
  • nebulosaria Freyer 1852 (Cidaria)
  • scitularia Walker 1860 (Tephrosia); Type locality: New York
  • shuotsu Bryk 1949 (Venusia)
  • terraenovae Krogerus 1954 (Hydrelia); Type locality: Newfoundland
  • Taxonomic Notes: Venusia cambrica Curtis, 1839 includes as a synonym Hydrelia terraenovae Krogerus, 1954 (Schmidt & McGuinness in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).
    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.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAA1585 (North America) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAA1586 (Eurasia) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Curtis, J., 1823-1840. British Entomology; Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects Found in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing Coloured Figures from Nature of the Most Rare and Beautiful Species, and in Many Instances of the Plants upon which they are Found, Vol. 6; Lepidoptera, Part 2: pl. 759. (not paginated, description follows plate)
    • Krogerns, H., 1954. Investigations on the Lepidoptera of Newfoundland. I. Macrolepidoptera. Acta Zoologica Fennica, 82: 1-80.
    • Packard, A.S., 1874. Catalogue of the Phalaenidae of California. No. 2. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 16: 13-40.
    • 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. 33.5m; p. 227. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at British Lepidoptera by Chris Lewis
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Walker, F., 1860. Gemeotrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 21: 406. (scitularia, syn.)
    Venusia cambrica
    © John Davis
    Venusia cambrica
    © Libby & Rick Avis - DNA
    Venusia cambrica
    LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Venusia cambrica
    LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Venusia cambrica
    27mm – © Jim Vargo

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