Eois nucula

Eois nucula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eois
Species:	E. nucula
Binomial name
	Eois nucula; (Druce, 1892)[ failed verification ]
Synonyms
	Cambogia nuculaDruce, 1892;

Last updated December 03, 2023

Eois nucula is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Druce in 1892 and it is found in Panama.^[2]

The spelling "nucula and "necula" have both been used. The discrepancy is explained by Brehm et al.:

In their catalog of the geometrid moths of the world, Parsons et al. (1999) list Eois necula (Druce). However, the taxon necula is a Sterrhinae species belonging to the genus Tricentra Warren. The species name was apparently mixed up with the taxon nucula, described by Druce on the same page and depicted on the same plate as necula. The male holotype of nucula has so far not been labeled in the collection of the NHM and needs to be identified in future revisionary work. As judged from Druce's plate, the species belongs to the odatis (Druce) clade sensu Strutzenberger et al. (2010).^[3]

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Eois is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus contains about 250 validly described species, most from the Neotropical region. Many species are still undescribed and the total number of species is estimated to be over a 1,000 in the Neotropical region alone. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.

Sterrhinae is a large subfamily of geometer moths with some 3,000 described species, with more than half belonging to the taxonomically difficult, very diverse genera, Idaea and Scopula. This subfamily was described by Edward Meyrick in 1892. They are the most diverse in the tropics with the number of species decreasing with increasing latitude and elevation.

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Eois binaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Brazil and Colombia.

Eois carmenta is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in Guatemala.

Eois carnana is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in Guatemala and Brazil.

Eois cassandra is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in Panama.

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Eois cedon is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in Guatemala.

Eois fulva is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described from San Antonio.

Eois neclas is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in Guatemala.

Eois numeria is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in Guatemala.

Eois numida is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in South America, Mexico and Costa Rica.

Eois nundina is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in Mexico.

Eois obada is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in Mexico and Panama.

Eois occia is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in Costa Rica.

Eois odatis is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in Guatemala.

Eois ops is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1892. It is found in Mexico.

Eois tegularia is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Brazil and in Cuba. It has also been recorded from North America.

References

↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eois Hubner 1818". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eois necula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 2, 2018. Note: This source spells the specific name as "necula, but Brehm et al. explain the discrepancy.
↑ Brehm, Gunnar; Bodner, Florian; Strutzenberger, Patrick; Hünefeld, Frank; Fiedler, Konrad (2011). "Neotropical Eois (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): Checklist, Biogeography, Diversity, and Description Patterns". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (6): 1091–1107. doi: 10.1603/AN10050 . S2CID 85913538.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eois Hubner 1818". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eois necula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 2, 2018. Note: This source spells the specific name as "necula, but Brehm et al. explain the discrepancy.

[3] Brehm, Gunnar; Bodner, Florian; Strutzenberger, Patrick; Hünefeld, Frank; Fiedler, Konrad (2011). "Neotropical Eois (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): Checklist, Biogeography, Diversity, and Description Patterns". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (6): 1091–1107. doi: 10.1603/AN10050 . S2CID 85913538.

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