Eois nucula

Eois nucula is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Druce in 1892 and it is found in Panama.[2]

Eois nucula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eois
Species:
E. nucula
Binomial name
Eois nucula
(Druce, 1892)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cambogia nucula Druce, 1892

The spelling "nucula and "necula" have both been used. The discrapancy is explained by Brehm et al.:

In their catalog of the geometrid moths of the world, Parsons et al. (1999) list Eois necula (Druce). However, the taxon necula is a Sterrhinae species belonging to the genus Tricentra Warren. The species name was apparently mixed up with the taxon nucula, described by Druce on the same page and depicted on the same plate as necula. The male holotype of nucula has so far not been labeled in the collection of the NHM and needs to be identified in future revisionary work. As judged from Druce's plate, the species belongs to the odatis (Druce) clade sensu Strutzenberger et al. (2010).[3]

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eois Hubner 1818". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eois necula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 2, 2018. Note: This source spells the specific name as "necula, but Brehm et al. explain the discrepancy.
  3. Brehm, Gunnar; Bodner, Florian; Strutzenberger, Patrick; Hünefeld, Frank; Fiedler, Konrad (2011). "Neotropical Eois (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): Checklist, Biogeography, Diversity, and Description Patterns". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (6): 1091–1107. doi:10.1603/AN10050.


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