Lasionycta staudingeri

• Main Authors: Crabo, Lars, Lafontaine, Donald
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Lasionycta; Lasionycta staudingeri; Arctic; Norway; Todd; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3790200; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/75513F417B4BFFEDFF02EC749566FB46

Lasionycta staudingeri (Aurivillius) Figs 47–49, 163, 219. Map 13 Anarta schoenherri Staudinger, 1861: 373, not Zetterstedt, 1839. Anarta staudingeri Aurivillius, 1891a: 176. Replacement name for Anarta schoenherri Staudinger. Lasiestra staudingeri McDunnough 1938: 71. Hada staudingeri Hartig and Heinicke 1973: 193. Lasionycta staudingeri Lafontaine et al. 1986: 261. Anarta zemblica Hampson, 1905: 47, syn. n. Anarta preblei Benjamin, 1933: 59. Lasiestra leucocycla preblei McDunnough 1938: 72. Lasiestra preblei Franclemont and Todd 1983: 149. Lasionycta staudingeri preblei Lafontaine et al. 1986: 261. Lasionycta staudingeri sajanensis Kononenko, 1986, in Lafontaine et al. 1986: 263. Extralimital Type material. Anarta staudingeri : holotype [NHRS, not examined]. Type locality: Dovre, Norway. Anarta zemblica : holotype ♀ [BMNH, examined]. Type locality: Shuberta Bay, Zovaya Zembla, Russia. Anarta preblei : holotype ♁ [USNM, examined]. Type locality: St. Paul Island, Alaska. Diagnosis. Lasionycta staudingeri is a small arctic species with a mottled dark-gray forewing. Th e hindwing is typical for the sub-group, although those of some specimens are heavily suffused with black. Males of L . staudingeri , L . subfumosa , and L . dolosa differ from other Lasionycta in having a corona comprised of an irregular double row of setae. Th e base of the cucullus is mildly constricted and the digitus is small and shaped like an equilateral triangle. Females have a small corpus bursae with a weak mesial constriction. Lasionycta staudingeri and L . subfumosa are arctic species whereas L . dolosa occurs in Colorado. North American L . staudingeri belong to subspecies preblei (Benjamin) characterized by olive patches on the forewing and dark suffusion on the basal hindwing, features absent in L . subfumosa . Lasionycta staudingeri is also darker gray than L . subfumosa . Lasionycta staudingeri is similar to L . leucocycla with which it occurs. It can be separated from L . leucocycla without dissection by the absence of ...