| Taxonomic Information | |
| Unique Identifier:
| ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.108365 |
| Element Code
| IILEY43020 |
| Informal Taxonomy | Animals, Invertebrates -
Insects
, Butterflies and Moths |
| Scientific Taxonomy | | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
|---|
| Animalia
| Mandibulata
| Insecta
| Lepidoptera
| Noctuidae
| Zanclognatha
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| Scientific Name | Zanclognatha theralis - (Walker, 1859)
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| Concept Reference |
Hodges, Ronald W., et al., eds. 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. E.W. Classey Limited and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, London. 284 pp.
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| Concept Reference Code | B83HOD01HQUS
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| Name Used in Concept Reference |
Zanclognatha theralis
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| Taxonomic Comments | As used here this is the smaller mostly northern representative of the THERALIS-GYPSALIS complex and note that it comes in both plain gray and chalky white forms. This genus needs revision and the true number of species in this complex remains uncertain. The conservative interim usage here follows Tim McCabe's suggestions to D.Schweitzer mostly of February 2001. Both of these experts are nearly certain there are two species, possibly more. McCabe finds through examination of genitalia and field samples that the traditional sorting of specimens with a chalky median area as GYPSALIS and the plain gray ones as THERALIS does not work--both species come in both forms and there are a few intermediates. The name THERALIS is properly applied to the northern species and the name GYPSALIS is available for the southern one. Both species occur in the southern Appalachians but usually sort easily on size--with GYPSALIS being much larger. However in the lowlands east of the mountains there seems to be a gap between about southeastern Virginia (GYPSALIS) and Cape Cod, Massachusetts (THERALIS) where both are apparently absent. McCabe points out though that MINORALIS from Long Island, New York is a synonym of THERALIS.
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| Link to Comprehensive Report | http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Zanclognatha+theralis |
