r.e. Celypha lacunana
Without a species authors field on species entries, life for i-Naturalists might be confusing.
Take the tortrix moth Celypha lacunana as an example.
Without knowing the authorship, one could be (as I have been) confused as to which species is actually being referred to.
let me explain (I hope not too many words for you!)
- there are two lacunana species in Tortricidae, one is a North American species (author: Freeman, 1941), the other is European (inferred authorship is Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775).
- the European lacunana has for a long time been placed in genus Celypa, whereas the North American lacunana is placed in the genus Olethreutes.
- most North American taxonomists regard Celypha as a synonym of Olethreutes; which in a global context would mean that the European lacunana ought to be the senior homonym of lacunana Freeman. This is the point which confused me a while regarding the entries of lacunana on i-Nat, because without the species authors being visible, I didn't realise two different species were involved....
- Some European taxonomists place lacunana [D&S] in the genus Syricoris - and this is the combination on the global Tortricidae database on Tortricid.net, which has two lacunana species - Syricoris lacunana [D&S, 1775] and Olethreutes lacunana (Freeman, 1941).
- Presentation of these two species resulting from the search of lacunana gives a confusing image that the two species might be the same - my fried brain misinterpreted the search output in this manner.... ooops.
My thanks to Mick E Talbot for putting me straight . . .
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201355
- just in case someone doesn't know, the "Pond" is a colloquial name for the Atlantic Ocean....
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February 22, 2013 03:38 AM
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see also under decussana (pages 8 & 9) in the paper at http://snm.ku.dk/english/staffsnm/collections/?pure=files%2F49376840%2FFabricius_tortricidae_zootaxa_2011.pdf
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