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Polia (Polia) bombycina

Description

Polia (Polia) bombycina (Hufnagel, 1766)

Phalaena bombycina Hufnagel, 1766, Berlinisches Magazin 3 (4): 410. Type-locality: [Germany] vic. of Berlin. Type (s) destroyed.

Taxonomic notes. The Asiatic populations of P. bombycina clearly show a western-eastern subdivision with some overlap in Mongolia. The west Asiatic group of populations has two contrasting forms (subspecies?) at the eastern edge of the range, (i) the dark bronze-brownish Polia bombycina puengeleri Lehmann, 1998, described from [Kirghisia] Alexander Mts and occurring also in Kazakhstan, and (ii) the pale fawn-coloured Polia bombycina psammochrea Varga, 1974, described from Mongolia, Govi Altai aimak, Khasaght Khajrhan Mts. The taxonomic subdivision of the eastern group (cf. Polia bombycina grisea (Butler, 1878)) described under some different names (see: VARGA et al. 2017) needs further surveys, as well as the populations occurring in the Caucasus range.

Notes

Published as part of Varga, Zoltán, Ronkay, Gábor, Nagy, Jenő & Ronkay, László, 2020, Contribution To The Taxonomy And Phylogeny Of The Genus Polia Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Hadenini): Species Groups And Pairs In The Holarctic Subgenus Polia S. Str., pp. 35-67 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.17109/AZH.66.1.35.2020, http://zenodo.org/record/5734753

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hufnagel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Nemertea
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Polia
Species
bombycina
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Polia (Polia) bombycina (Hufnagel, 1766) sec. Varga, Ronkay, Nagy & Ronkay, 2020

References

  • VARGA, Z., RONKAY, G. & RONKAY, L. (2017): Revised taxonomic check list of the Eurasiatic species of the subtribe Poliina (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Hadenini). - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 64 (2): 133 - 160. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / dez. 64.21455