Geometridae
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7427 Nomenia obsoleta
Swett, 1916
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Description/
Field Marks: |
See Swett (1916). Antennae are apparently unipectinate. Caution: This species has apparently been confused with a V. pearsalli. It is far more likely to be confused with Venusia cambrica or N. duodecemlineata. Compare with illustration of type specimen in Kermode (1917), Rep. Prov. Mus. Nat. Hist. 1916. |
| Similar Species: |
- Nomenia duodecemlineata (Packard, 1873)
- Venusia cambrica Curtis, 1839 is bipectinate.
- Venusia pearsalli (Dyar, 1906) is likely represented at BOLD by BIN BOLD:AAB5482 with most specimens mis-identified as "Venusia obsoleta". Though some can be similar, they do not in general match the original description of obsoleta and DNA barcode places them squarely in the genus Venusia. There are several BINs narrowly separated by DNA barcode, and which represents true pearsalli is uncertain
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
obsoleta Swett, 1916 (Nomenia) - MONA 1983: 7427
Type locality: Holotype: Goldstream, BC. |
| 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). Nomenia duodecemlineata (Packard, 1873) may be a senior synonym based on DNA barcode. Images if both are placed on the species page of duodecemlineata. |
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| 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:AAI5143 (obsoleta and duodecemlineata). - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
- Kermode, F. (Director), 1917. Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1916, p. 24; pl. 8, fig. 7 (paratype of obsoleta).
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Swett, L.W., 1916. Geometrid Notes. New Species and Aberrations.. The Canadian Entomologist, 48: 249.
- 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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