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Euxoa (Pleonectopoda) churchillensis Mcdunnough 1932

Description

Euxoa (Pleonectopoda) churchillensis (Mcdunnough, 1932)

(Figs 18, 19)

Agrotiphila churchillensis Mcdunnough, 1932, Canadian entomologist 64: 105. Type-locality: Manitoba, Churchill. Holotype: CNC, Ottawa.

References: Hardwick 1970: 107, fig. 293 (Euxoa, Pleonectopoda); Kononenko, Lafontaine & Mikkola 1996: 92 (Euxoa); Lafontaine & Troubridge 2010: 258, figs. 5–7 (Euxoa, Pleonectopoda).

Note. Euxoa churchillensis has been reported for Russia from Taimyr (Kononenko et al. 1996). The species is reported here for Northeast Siberia (Chukotka) for the first time on the basis of single female specimen from ZISP, labeled [Russia], “ Chukotka, Z.[zaliv] Geka, 18.vii. [19]33. Portenko ” – [Chukotka, Gek Bay in mouth of Anadyr Rives. 18.vii.1933, leg. Portenko].

Distribution. Russian and Canadian Arctic (Beringian) and western United States. Russia, Krasnoyarsk terr., Taimyr peninsula, Chukotka, mouth of Anadyr River; North America: Canada, Hudson Bay, Nunavut, Isl. Austin, North West Territories, Prov. Manitoba, Prov. Ontario [extreme northern Ontario]; USA, Pennsylvania Mountain, Colorado; New Mexico [alpine habitats].

Notes

Published as part of Kononenko, V. S., Behounek, G. & Gyulai, P., 2018, Descriptions of two new species of Euxoa Hübner, [1821], subgenus Pleonectopoda Grote, 1873, from Siberia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), pp. 258-270 in Zootaxa 4483 (2) on page 268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4483.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1437657

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CNC , ZISP
Event date
1933-07-18
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Euxoa
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Mcdunnough
Species
churchillensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1933-07-18
Taxonomic concept label
Euxoa (Pleonectopoda) churchillensis Mcdunnough, 1932 sec. Kononenko, Behounek & Gyulai, 2018

References

  • Mcdunnough, J. H. (1932) Notes on Agrotid genera with descriptions of new species (Lepid.). The Canadian Entomologist, 64, 104 - 112. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 64104 - 5
  • Hardwick, D. F. (1970) The genus Euxoa in North America, I. Subgenera: Orosagrotis, Longivescia, Chorizagrotis, Pleonctopoda and Crassivescia. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 67, 1 - 175.
  • Kononenko, V. S., Lafontaine, J. D. & Mikkola, K. (1996) TaXonomy and zoogeography of some arctic Noctuidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species and one new subspecies. Annales Entomologica Fennica, 200, 83 - 94.
  • Lafontaine, J. D. & Troubridge, J. T. (2010) Two new species of the Euxoa westermannia species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae). ZooKeys, 39, 255 - 262. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 39.436