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My 8,000 observation in @inaturalist was of Emmelina monodactyla (Morning-glory Plume Moth) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143759511

Though occuring globally, E. monodactyla is most extensive in North America & Europe
https://www.gbif.org/species/1859046

E. monodactyla was 1st described by Linnaeus (1758) in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae (v.1, p.542), as Phalaena Alucita monodactyla
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727453

Linnaeus based his description on a pre-Linnaean work, Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes (1734) by René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (figures 12-16)
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14375037

In 1905, JW Tutt established the genus, Emmelina in his article, "Types of the genera of the Agdistid, Alucitid and Orneodid plume moths" in The entomologist's record and journal of variation & assigned Linnæus' Phalaena Alucita monodactyla to the new genus
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9019784
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9019827

@dhobern gives a good synopsis of Linnaeus description of "Phalaena – All other moths" as part of his discussion of "Many-plume Moths"
https://stangeia.hobern.net/phalaena-alucita-linnaeus-1758/

@BioDivLibrary has many recent publications on E. monodactyla such as "Micro moths on Great Cumbrae Island (vc100)" by PG Moore in The Glasgow naturalist v.26:pt.4 (2018)
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59077358

Posted on 22 de dezembro de 2022, 07:33 PM by