Corresponding author: Alma M. Solis (
Academic editor: E. van Nieukerken
A Ph.D. dissertation completed by E.D. Cashatt in 1968 entitled “Revision of the Chrysauginae of North America” does not meet the criteria of publication so the new taxa described therein are not available per the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. In order to validate the taxa proposed in that document we formally describe and illustrate the following:
In this work we make available by publication the taxa described in the dissertation by (American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA) (Canadian National Collection, Ottawa, Canada) (=CUIC, Cornell University Insect Collection, Ithaca, New York, USA) (=NMNH, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA)
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In the dissertation
The type specimens are located as noted below. The male holotype is from Palmerlee, Arizona (no other data given) and is labeled as the holotype. Fifty-three male and twenty-two female paratypes from UNITED STATES: ARIZONA are labeled as follows: two females, Catalina Mts., no date given, Oslar Coll. (USNM); two males and two females, Catalina Mts., June 10, 1903, Oslar, Coll. (USNM); one female, Huachuca Mts., (USNM); one male, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts., Aug. 18, 1953, Robert J. Ford (CNC); one male and one female, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts., Aug. 19, 1953. Robert J. Ford (CNC); one male, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts., Aug. 9, 1953 (CNC); one male, Palmerlee, Sept. 8–15 (USNM); twenty-five males and nine females, Palmerlee, no date given (USNM); seven males and four females, Ramsey Canyon, Huachuca Mts., Sept. 1-2, 1927, J. C. Bradley Coll. (CU); ten males and two females, White Mts., elevation 7200 ft., Aug. 1–15, 1925, Poling Coll. (USNM); one male and one female, White Mts., elevation 7200–11500 ft., Aug. 10–30, 1925, O. C. Poling (USNM); three males, White Mts., Apache Co., near McNary P. O., Sept. 15–30, 1925, O. C. Poling.
Unknown.
It is difficult to separate
An examination of the genitalia is necessary for accurate identification. The flattened and spade-shaped uncus of
Male holotypes of adults and labels.
Male, female genitalia.
All the type specimens are in the USNM. The male holotype is from Palmerlee, Arizona (no other data given) and is labeled as the holotype. Twenty-three male and nineteen female paratypes from UNITED STATES: ARIZONA are labeled as follows: one female, Baboquivari Mts., Pima Co., 1-15 Sept. 1923, O. C. Poling; one male, Chiricahua Mts., July 4, H. G. Hubbard; one male, Fort Grant, July 20, H. G. Hubbard; one female, Hereford, no date, C. R. Biedermann; one male, Huachuca Mts., no date; one female, Huachuca Mts., Aug. 8-15; one male, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts., Aug. 19, 1953, Robert J. Ford; one male, Nogales, July 15, 1903, Oslar; one female, Oracle, July 28, 1924, E. P. Van Duzee; nine males, four females, Palmerlee, no date given; one female, Palmerlee, Cochise Co., Aug. 1–7; one male, one female, Paradise, Cochise Co., no date; four males, five females, Paradise, Cochise Co., July; two females, Paradise, Cochise Co., Aug.; one female, Paradise, Cochise Co., Aug. 1–7; one male, S.W.R.R., 5 mi. W. Portal, Cochise Co., 5400 ft., July 9, 1956, Cazier and Ordway; one female, Santa Catalina Mts., no date given; one male, White Mts., El. 7000 ft., July 15–22, 1925, O. C. Poling.
Unknown.
It gives me pleasure to name this species in honor of my wife, Linda. The coloration of
The venation and genitalia indicate a close relationship between this genus and
Male, female genitalia.
Upper surface pale reddish-brown, lower surface reddish-brown. Forewing pale reddish-ochreous; costa irrorated with fuscous, especially at base and at origin of antemedial and postmedial lines; antemedial line light reddish-brown, indistinct, extending from about one-third length of costa to about one-third length of inner margin; postmedial light reddish-brown and extending from about two-thirds length of costa sharply excurved to about two-thirds length of inner margin. Hind wing light pinkish to brownish-white with terminal line darker; fringe ochreous to brownish-ochreous. Legs ochreous, sprinkled with dark brown laterad, midtibia scale tufts fuscous.
All the type specimens in the USNM. The male holotype is from Paradise, Cochise Co., Arizona, June 8–15 and is labeled as the holotype. Twenty-six male and thirteen female paratypes from UNITED STATES: ARIZONA are labeled as follows: UNITED STATES: ARIZONA: eighteen males and two females, Baboquivari Mts., Pima Co., Ariz., elevation approximately 5000 ft., 15–30 June, 1923, O. C. Poling Coll.; four males, Brown’s Canyon, Baboquivari Mts., Pima Co., Ariz., elevation approximately 5000 ft., 1–15 June 1923, O. C. Poling Coll.; one female, Brown’s Canyon, Baboquivari Mts., Pima Co., Ariz., elevation approximately 5000 ft., 15–30 May 1923, O. C. Poling Coll.; two females, Huachuca Mts., Ariz., no date given; three males and three females, Palmerlee, Arizona, no date given; one male, Paradise, Cochise Co., Ariz., June 8–15; one male, Paradise. Cochise Co., Ariz., July; one male and two females, Redington, Ariz., no date given; one female, Santa Rita Mts., Ariz., June 11, 1898. B. A. Schwarz.
Unknown.
This species might be confused with
The genera
One male holotype, with no locality data is in the Museum National D’Histoire Naturalle in Paris.
Six males and eleven females from the following localities:
UNITED STATES: FLORIDA: Coconut Grove (USNM); Lake Placid, Archbold Bio. Sta., May (USNM); Royal Palm State Park (USNM); Winer Park [Winter Park?] (AMNH). GEORGIA: Atlanta (USNM). LOUISIANA: Lafayette, June (AMNH). NORTH CAROLINA: Southern Pines, July, Aug. (USNM). TEXAS: Brownsville (USNM); San Benito, July, Sept. (USNM). VIRGINIA: Skyland, July (USNM).
The holotype, allotype, and forty-four paratypes are from the Baboquivari Mts., Pima Co., Arizona. The male holotype and female allotype are in the USNM. The male holotype is from Baboquivari Mts., Pima Co., Arizona, August 15-30, 1923, O. C. Poling, is labeled as the holotype, and the female allotype is labeled, August, 1924, O. C. Poling. The paratypes are labeled as follows: UNITED STATES: ARIZONA: two males and two females, elevation approximately 5000 ft., June 15-30, 1923 (USNM); one female, July 1–15, 1924, O. C. Poling (USNM); one female, July 15–30, 1924, O. C. Poling (USNM); two females, Aug. 1–15, 1924, O. C. Poling (USNM); one male and four females, Aug. 15–30, 1923, O. C. Poling (USNM); one male Aug., (USNM); three males and ten females, Sept. 1-15, 1923, 1924; O. C. Poling (USNM); one male and one female, Sept. 15–30, 1924, O. C. Poling (USNM); one male and four females, Oct. 1–15, 1923, O. C. Poling (USNM); one male and one female, Oct. 15–30, 1924, O. C. Poling (USNM); three males and two females, Sabino Canyon, Sept. 5-6, 1951, L. M. Martin (CNC); one male and one female, Sabino Canyon, Sept. 5, 1951, R. J. Ford (CNC).
Unknown.
This subspecies differs from the nominal species only by the pinkish-brown coloration.
We thank Gary Ouellette, Terry Nuhn and Mark Metz, SEL, USDA for technical support to accomplish this project. Chris Thompson, retired, and Mark Metz, SEL, USDA, provided invaluable support with respect to the nomenclatural rules and provided suggestions for the manuscript. Paul Goldstein (University of Maryland), John Brown (SEL, USDA) and pyraloidologists Matthias Nuss, Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany, and James Hayden, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, Florida, provided suggestions that greatly improved the clarity of the manuscript.