The gilvarius Group of Aspilates Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Author: Munroe, Eugene
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1963
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Yukon; Baffin Island; Canada; Baffin; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent95260-3; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00077117

Abstract The gilvarius group of the genus Aspilates is revised. Thirteen species are recognized, of which A . kozhantchikovi , Siberia, A . forbesi , northern Canada, and A . elwesi , northwestern China, are described as new. Four of the species are purely Nearctic, eight purely Palaearctic, and one is Amphiberingian. Six additional subspecies are recognized, of which the following are described as new: A . aberratus assiniboiarius , prairies of Canada; A . orciferarius baffinensis , Baffin Island; A . o . churchillensis , Churchill, Man.; and A . o . occidentalis , Yukon and Alaska. A . sibiricus Djakonov is sunk as a doubtfully valid subspecies of A . taylorae Curtis and the latter is distinguished specifically from A . orciferarius .