Flag for Taxon: Uranophora terminalis
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| matthewcock | Uranophora terminalis |
It is now back in Napata |
Dec. 12, 2021 11:30:25 +0000 | Not Resolved |
Comments
Napata Walker, 1854 in synonymy of Uranophora Hübner, 1831;
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/908160-Napata may have more "Uranophora" in it,
when genus status accepted.
. . . we have castra twice - decision needed to resolve.
Recent open access explanation:
Chin, S.M., M., Gosula, V.S., Maharaj, T.P., Morales, J.F., Yeap, Y.T. and Cock, M.J.W. (2023, early view) iNaturalist observations document the biology of Napata terminalis (Walker) in Trinidad, West Indies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club 2023, 00-00. https://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/article/view/chinsuemin2023
excerpt, how I understand it:
Grados (1999) treated Napata as synonym, before that (1898 onwards) there was Uranophora in use simultanously for either a subgroup, or for the whole in reversal of priority - probably depending on author.
Cerda (2017) then made clear the taxa can be separated - only we cannot be sure without looking into that book, which species besides the genotype go to Napata. Original placement may not mean much . . .
terminalis => Napata;
Link to flag set at genus level.
Things are not as clear as they might be! Cerda (2017) overlooked or ignored what Grados (1999) did. He specifically treats N. terminalis and N. leucotelus as species of Napata, and leaves alterata, quadrimaculata, and metamela in Napata because he had not resolved where they belonged. He placed albiplaga in Metriophyla Butler 1877, and walkleri and betzi in Flammeus Cerda 2017. Cerda didn't treat Napata broadwayi, but I figure this is another species left in Napata until someone works out where it actually belongs.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1259067-Uranophora-leucotelus
=> Napata, did I get it?
Flammeus and Metriophyla missing with us.
Cerda, J.-A. 2017 Ctenuchina de Guyane française Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini (partie 1). Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 7, 181 pp, ii, 20 pl.
Napata is revalidated; terminalis is the type species.