Anarta fusculenta (Smith, 1891) Smith, 1891

Mustelin, Tomas, 2006, Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species, Zootaxa 1278, pp. 1-47 : 36-37

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273509

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6261564

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scientific name

Anarta fusculenta (Smith, 1891)
status

stat. nov.

Anarta fusculenta (Smith, 1891) View in CoL , NEW STATUS

Fig. 56 View FIGURES 40 – 63 a and 56b

Based on differences in genital anatomy between typical Anarta crotchi (Grote, 1880) from Wyoming ( Fig. 57 View FIGURES 40 – 63 a and 57b) and specimens referred to as ssp. fusculenta (Smith, 1891) from southern California ( Fig. 56 View FIGURES 40 – 63 a and 56b), I raise the latter to species rank as Anarta fusculenta (Smith 1891) , NEW STATUS. The male valves of A. fusculenta are more robust, broader, and have a sharper outer angle and longer saccular extensions, which extend outward much further from the lateral margin of the valves ( Fig. 56 View FIGURES 40 – 63 a). The valves are more similar to those of A. oaklandiae (McDunnough, 1937) ( Fig. 58 View FIGURES 40 – 63 ), which also has broader and more angular valves, albeit not as prominent as those of fusculenta . The saccular extensions are asymmetrical in the three species, but are longest in fusculenta , forked and sharp on the left side in fusculenta , and blunt in crotchi . The saccular extensions on the right side are club­shaped and largest and angular in fusculenta , and smaller and more rounded in crotchi and oaklandiae . Anarta fusculenta is generally larger, much darker, and has a less streaky maculation than A. crotchi . Anarta fusculenta is more similar to A. oaklandiae in size and maculation, but considerably darker.

Anarta fusculenta (Smith, 1891) is a relatively common and sometimes abundant species in late April–May in the mountains of southern California, particularly in the Laguna Mountains of San Diego County. It also occurs in the Santa Rosa Mountains (Riverside County) and the Transverse Ranges of San Bernardino , Los Angeles, Ventura, and Kern counties.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

SubFamily

Hadeninae

Genus

Anarta

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