Lepidoptera Assemblages along a Western Slope Elevation Gradient of the South-Central Sierra Nevada Mountains in California

Albu, Valeriu; Albu, Sebastian

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“…Several Coelopoeta species inhabit montane areas in western United States, known to host Lepidoptera species specialized to these areas or even endemics (e.g. Lafontaine 1982;Davenport 2018;Albu & Albu 2023). These regions and habitats have been suffering from increased drought due to climate change, recent forest fire intensity and perhaps also frequency (Westerling et al 2006;O'Connor et al 2014;Poulos et al 2021).…”

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A review of Coelopoetinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Pterolonchidae), a moth subfamily confined to western North America, with descriptions of seven new species

KAILA

2024

Zootaxa

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Systematics and taxonomy of the gelechioid subfamily Coelopoetinae are reviewed. Following the current classification, this group is considered to form its own monotypic subfamily in Pterolonchidae with one recognized genus, Coelopoeta, after a convoluted and, in part, arguably conjectural, historical systematic treatment. On morphological basis (appearance, male genitalia) and with support from DNA barcodes, the genus is divided into two discrete units probably meriting recognition as separate genera. The species groups are informally treated as the nominate C. glutinosi species group, and the C. fissurina species group. In the absence of knowledge of females or the biologies of any of the species of the C. fissurina group, species of both groups are here provisionally included in Coelopoeta. In total, 10 species are recognized, seven of which are here described as new: C. glutinosi species group: C. alboflava Kaila, sp. nov., C. aprica Kaila, sp. nov., C. aurora Kaila, sp. nov., C. fulminea Kaila, sp. nov. and C. sariae Kaila, sp. nov.; C. fissurina species group: C. fissurina Kaila, sp. nov. and C. valalbui Kaila, sp. nov. The three previously known species, C. glutinosi Walsingham, 1907, C. maiadella Kaila, 1995 and C. phaceliae Kaila, 1995 are redescribed. All three of these species belong to the glutinosi species group. A lectotype is designated for C. glutinosi Walsingham, 1907. Some southwestern Coelopoeta species are potentially under threat of decline or even extinction due to the apparently increasingly intense and frequent forest fires. This threat is significant as the species with known life histories spend their entire life cycles above ground in low vegetation.

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A review of Coelopoetinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Pterolonchidae), a moth subfamily confined to western North America, with descriptions of seven new species

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2024

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A review of Mexican Stamnodes (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with the description of 16 new species

Matson

2023

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The Mexican Stamnodes Guenée, [1858] fauna is reviewed. Thirty-six species are documented, including sixteen new species: S. aumatlapalli sp. nov., S. calcarea sp. nov., S. carota sp. nov., S. catarina sp. nov., S. ceniza sp. nov., S. churro sp. nov., S. clara sp. nov., S. disrupta sp. nov., S. erupta sp. nov., S. favilla sp. nov., S. ferropulvisa sp. nov., S. fuego sp. nov., S. mariachi sp. nov., S. matrona sp. nov., S. saltillo sp. nov., and S. tenebrosa sp. nov.; and two new synonymies are proposed: S. artemis Rindge, 1958 syn. nov. is synonymized with S. agapetica (Dyar, 1916), and S. similis Wright, 1927 syn. nov. is synonymized with S. ululata Pearsall, 1912. Illustrations and a brief summary of the taxonomic status, biology, and distribution for each species are provided. Full descriptions accompany new species accounts. Genitalic descriptions and illustrations are provided for new species and species described from Mexico without past genitalic study, and COI barcode data are presented for 27 of the 36 species treated herein.

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Lepidoptera Assemblages along a Western Slope Elevation Gradient of the South-Central Sierra Nevada Mountains in California

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A review of Coelopoetinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Pterolonchidae), a moth subfamily confined to western North America, with descriptions of seven new species

A review of Coelopoetinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Pterolonchidae), a moth subfamily confined to western North America, with descriptions of seven new species

A review of Mexican Stamnodes (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with the description of 16 new species

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