Stamnodes fervefactaria ( Grote, 1881 )

Matson, Tanner A., 2023, A review of Mexican Stamnodes (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with the description of 16 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 911, pp. 1-79 : 21-22

Stamnodes fervefactaria ( Grote, 1881)

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Emplocia fervefactaria Grote, 1881: 177 . Type locality: New Mexico, USA. [NHMUK].

Coenocalpe fervifactaria – Hulst 1896: 287 . — Dyar 1902: 285 (cat.). — Pearsall 1906: 204.

Stamnodes fervifactaria – Pearsall 1909b: 366. — Powell & Opler 2009: 226; pl. 32 figs 33–34. — Lee 2014: e86 (inventory).

Stamnodes fervefactaria – Bonniwell 1920: 120. — McDunnough 1938: 151 (checklist). — Ferguson 1983: 103 (checklist). — Furniss et al. 1988: 9. — Poole & Gentili 1996: 686 (checklist). — Scoble 1999: 902 (catalogue). — Knudson & Bordelon 2002: 7–8. — Scoble & Hausmann 2007 (online catalogue). — Pohl et al. 2016: 449 (checklist). — Matson & Wagner 2020: 79–90. — Rajaei et al. 2022 (online catalogue).

Diagnostic remarks

Stamnodes fervefactaria lacks the two, bright orange, transverse, medial patches on the hindwing underside found in S. deceptiva and is cream coloured between the large grey patches of the hindwing underside that stands in contrast to the similar but stark-white patterning of visually similar S. fergusoni , S. disrupta sp. nov., S. mariachi sp. nov., and S. erupta sp. nov. Matson & Wagner (2020) provide detailed diagnostic comments about this species as it relates to its visually similar USA-distributed congeners.

Distribution

Mexico: while Stamnodes fervefactaria has not been recorded in Mexico, records of this species along the USA-Mexico border in the USA suggest this species is likely to occur in Mexico. USA: S. fervefactaria is found in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas where its distribution is spotty and tied to mid- to high-elevation mountain habitats.

Biology

The life history of S. fervefactaria is unpublished, but caterpillars can be predicted to feed on herbaceous mints from knowledge of related taxa. Adults fly from July through September.

Molecular characterization

This species is represented in BOLD by a single BIN: BOLD:AAL5992 (n = 9, USA: Colorado, New Mexico). The distance to the nearest adjacent interspecific neighbour, Stamnodes disrupta sp. nov. (n = 5, Mexico: Sonora), is presently around 2.9% ( Fig. 94 ).

Figures

Figs 11–18. Adult Stamnodes Guenée, [1858], dorsal (a) and ventral (b) views. 11. S. fergusoni Matson & Wagner, 2020, holotype, ♂ (USNMENT01771260). 12. S. deceptiva Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (USNMENT01771261). 13. S. fervefactaria (Grote, 1881) (USNMENT01771262). 14. S. disrupta sp. nov., holotype (BMEC). 15. S. mariachi sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (EMEC174828). 16. S. erupta sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (USNMENT01771245). 17. S. ceniza sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (LEP190410CNIN). 18. S. proana (Druce, 1893), holotype (NHMUK). Scale bar = 1 cm.

Fig. 94. COI neighbour-joining tree for Mexican Stamnodes Guenée, [1858] using default Kimura-2P model in the Barcode of Life Project (BOLD). Taxon names followed by BOLD Process ID.

Fig. 95. Biogeographic associations of Mexican Stamnodes Guenée, [1858]. (*) denotes species found in two or more provinces. Underlying biogeographic provincial map taken from Morrone (2020: fig. 4.5) with permission to reproduce this figure granted by author Juan J. Morrone.