[LEPS-L:8008] Re: Help with Geometrid genus name

[Jeff Crolla/Martha Hancock]

McGuffin (1981, Guide to the Geometridae of Canada II. Subfamily Ennominae.
3) uses *Aspilates* (as did McDunnough in his 1938 Checklist) and has the
following explanation:
"Treitschke (1825: 431) named this genus for 13 European species. In this
description the name appears as *Aspitates*, a name Trietschke (1827: 126)
amended to *Aspilates*."

The references cited are:
Treitschke, F. 1825. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa (Fortsetzung des
Ochsenheimer'schen Werks). Vol. 5 (2): 431.
and
Treitschke, F.1827. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa (Fortsetzung des
Ochsenheimer'schen Werks). Vol 6 (1): 126.

Of a couple of books I have to hand, the recent Guide Des Papillons Du
Quebec by Handfield (which I believe has all the up-to-date nomenclatural
changes) uses *Aspitates*. J.C.E. Riotte in the Annotated List of Ontario
Lepidoptera uses *Aspilates* in the index but *Aspitates* in the checklist
itself !

Maybe the amended name (*Aspilates*) is not valid for some reason?

hope this helps

Jeff



----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Dana" <robert.dana at dnr.state.mn.us>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 10:41 AM
Subject: [LEPS-L:8004] Help with Geometrid genus name


I am trying to determine the correct spelling of the genus Apilates or
Aspitates Treitschke. In his 1963 review (Canadian Entomologist 95) Munroe
used the former spelling, but all references I have seen subsequent to this,
including ones that cite Munroe's paper, use the latter. Can anyone clarify
this for me?

Thanks

Robert

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