Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata/quadrifasciata? (Clerck 1759)

[Ian Thirlwell]

Oops, yes I should have realised. Emmet was just pointing out the
misspelling, which, because of the precedence rules is the "correct"
name to use.

Ian

"Martin Honey" <M.Honey at NHM.AC.UK> wrote in message
news:3.0.5.32.20000925081733.009a1d40 at mailserver.nhm.ac.uk...
> At 02:28 PM 23/09/2000 +0200, you wrote:
> >quadrifasciata - ie with 4 fasciae. quadrifasiata is a typographical
> >error.
> >ref: Emmet (1991) "The Scientific Names of the British
Lepidoptera...."
>
> I feel I have to correct the interpretation by Ian. He quite correctly
> quotes the comments by Emmet but makes the assumption that
quadrifasciata
> is the correct name. Emmet makes no such interpretation, purely
stating
> that Clerk (quite probably) made a typographical error. Actually, the
> situation is not even that simple as there are several other
variations of
> the spelling and Emmet makes no mention of these. Emmet's comments are
> based on what is the derivation of the name (i.e. what the correct
Latin
> is) not what the correct name is. There are many similar instances,
not
> least of which is Linnaeus's mis-spelling of Lyonetia clerkella!
>
> The 'original' spelling (i.e. the one on the plate by Clerck, 1759) is
> quadrifasiata. Linnaeus (1761) subsequently used two different
spellings
> quadrifasciata and quadrifasciaria and even Clerck (1764 in the
Register)
> mis-spelled it quadrifaciata.
>
> The reference for the above (in part) comes from Mikkola (1985) in his
> treatment of the Geomtroidea and Noctuoidea described by Clerck. In
that
> work he opted for the original spelling (in line with the Code) and
this
> has been followed in the latest published catalogue of the Geometridae
> (Scoble et al, 1999) and the latest British checklist.
>
> Therefore the 'correct' spelling is the original one quadrifasiata.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Martin
>
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