Enargia infumata

<i>Enargia infumata</i> (Grote, 1874) Figs 1–18, 55, 59, 64. <i>Orthosia infumata</i> Grote, 1874; 160. <i>Cosmia punctirena</i> Smith, 1900; 222, pl. 5, f. 6. <i>Cosmia punctirena</i>; Dod 1905. <i>Enargia mephisto</i> Franclemont, 1939; 115, f. 2, <b>syn. n.</b> <i>Enargia infumata</i>; Forbes 1954, in part <i>Enargia mephisto</i>; Rings et al. 1992, pl. XV f. 23. Handfield 1999, p. 92, f. 9551-1, 9551-2. <b>Type material.</b> <i>Orthosia infumata</i>: <b>lectotype</b> female, here designated. BMNH, examined. Type locality: “Chautauqua Co., N. Y.” Although Grote’s (1874) statement in the original description that “specimens received from Mr. Geo. Norman” suggests that <i>E. infumata</i> could have been based on several syntypes, only one wing expanse measurement is given, and the type locality is restricted to Chautauqua Co., NY. Norman’s material originates from Ontario (M. Honey, pers. comm.). Th e type material most likely was a single Chautauqua Co. specimen, although this is not beyond question. To ensure the stability of the name <i>Orthosia infumata</i>, the following female specimen is therefore designated as <b>lectotype:</b> “Grote Coll.”; “ U.S. America / [crossed out, undecipherable] Co. / Chautauqua / Co. / N.Y.”; “1938. / 265”; “Type” [round, red bordered label]; Orthosia / infumata / Type Grote” [BMNH]. Th e following label will be added: “ Orthosia / infumata Grote / Lectotype by / Schmidt, 2010”. Although the abdomen is missing, the specimen is otherwise in good condition, and shows the dusky grey-ochre forewing colour (probably reflected by the name <i>infumata</i>) with a poorly contrasting reniform and orbicular, less sinuate AM line, dull ochre hindwing, and smaller wing expanse compared to the species previously thought to be <i>E. infumata</i> and described here as <i>E. fausta</i>. <i>Cosmia punctirena</i>: <b>lectotype</b> male (designated by Todd 1982). USNM, photograph examined.Type locality: “Yellowstone Park, Wyoming.” Th e specimen illustrated by Smith (1900) is the lectotype designated by Todd (1982), and the relatively unicolourous, dark forewing, non-contrasting reniform and orbicular, and pronounced black spot in the reniform, show that <i>E. punctirena</i> is correctly attributed to the synonymy of <i>E. infumata</i>. Additional Barnes specimens collected in August in Yellowstone (CNC) are of the same provenance as the original types, although these are not paralectotypes, and are also <i>E. infumata</i>. Th e original description of <i>E. punctirena</i> was probably based on a mixed series of <i>E. infumata</i> and <i>E. decolor</i>, as <i>E. decolor</i> specimens in the CNC from Glenwood Springs, Colorado (Barnes, September) and <i>E. decolor</i> from Cartwright, MB (Heath, August) are of the same provenance as the original syntype series. Although this does not affect the synonymy of <i>punctirena</i>, the diagnosis of the taxon by Smith is inaccurate. <i>Enargia mephisto</i>: <b>holotype</b> male. CUIC, examined. Type locality: “Ithaca, New York.” see ‘Remarks’ below. <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Enargia infumata</i> is most similar to <i>E. fausta</i>. Overall, <i>E. infumata</i> has a paler ochre, less yellow look to it with less contrasting markings and greater variation in colour. Th e unicolorous smoky-grey forms are unique to <i>E. infumata</i> (it was this phenotype that formed the basis of Franclemont’s description of <i>E. mephisto</i>). Compared to <i>E. fausta</i>, <i>E. infumata</i> is slightly smaller, has slightly thicker, less sharply defined AM and PM lines (when these are visible at all), less sinuate PM line, a dull, pale ochre (vs. yellow-ochre) hindwing ground colour, and the reniform and orbicular are often concolourous with the forewing ground colour (not paler and contrasting), and with a discontinuous or absent outline (thin, crisp outline in <i>E. fausta</i>). Specimens of <i>E. infumata</i> from the Prairie Provinces average slightly larger and paler than eastern <i>E. infumata</i>, and therefore have a general appearance more like that of <i>E. fausta</i>. Internally, the valve length is shorter in <i>E. infumata</i> (2.6–2.9 mm from apex to clasper at dorsal margin, vs. 3.3–3.5 mm in <i>E. fausta</i>), the cornuti of the vesica are smaller overall (length of free apex less than 0.10 mm vs. greater than 0.11 mm in <i>E. fausta</i>), with a relatively much larger sclerotized plate of the right cornutus (length of plate 4–5 × greater than length of free apex of cornutus, compared to 2.0–2.5 × in <i>E. fausta</i>). Th e peniculum (tegumen lobes) are on average shorter and broader (Franclemont 1939; Forbes 1954), but there is much overlap in shape between the two species and this is not a reliable diagnostic trait. In the female, the corpus bursae differs in size and shape, being longer (5–6 × length of segment VIII vs. 3.5–4.0 × in <i>E. fausta</i>), and more narrow-elongate than <i>E. fausta</i> (Fig. 64). <b>Figures Ι–Ι8.</b> <i>Enargia infumata</i> adults. <b>Ι–3</b> ♁, Kootenay Plains, AB, CAN <b>4–ΙΙ</b> ♁, Edmunston, NB, CAN <b>Ι2</b> ♁, Taber, AB, CAN <b>Ι 3</b> &amp;female;, Panguitch, UT, USA <b>Ι4–Ι 5</b> &amp;female;, Kootenay Plains, AB, CAN <b>Ι6–Ι 8</b> &amp;female;, Edmunston, NB, CAN. <b>Redescription.</b> <i>Head <i>–</i> Antenna of male prismatic, segments as wide as long; antenna of female filiform and ciliate; scales of dorsal antenna, scape, vertex, and palpus unicolorous but co-varying with ground colour of wings, from pale ochre, yellow ochre, brownish grey, to dull rusty brown. <i>Thorax <i>–</i> Vestiture of thorax, patagia and prothoracic collar unicolorous, but varying from pale ochre, yellow ochre, brownish grey, to dull rusty brown; legs dull ochre yellow with longer scales of corresponding colour on femur and tibia. <i>Wings <i>–</i> Forewing length: eastern populations average slightly smaller at 16.4 mm (n = 6) versus 17.4 mm (n = 6) for western populations; females slightly larger overall at 17.5 mm (n = 3) for eastern and 18.4 mm (n = 3) for western</i></i></i> <b>Figures Ι9–34.</b> <i>Enargia</i> adults. <b>Ι9</b> <i>E. fausta</i>, holotype ♁, St.-Basile, NB, CAN <b>20</b> <i>E. fausta</i>, ♁, Edmunston, NB, CAN <b>2Ι</b> <i>E. fausta</i>, ♁, Temiscouata Co., QC, CAN <b>22</b> <i>E. fausta</i>, ♁, Black Sturgeon L., ON, CAN <b>23</b> <i>E. fausta</i>, ♁, Edmunston, NB, CAN <b>24</b> <i>E. fausta</i>, ♁, Peers, AB, CAN <b>25</b> <i>E. fausta</i>, ♁, Edmunston, NB, CAN <b>26</b> <i>E. fausta</i>, ♁, Black Sturgeon L., ON, CAN <b>27</b> <i>E. fausta</i>, &amp;female; St.-Basile, NB, CAN <b>28–30</b> <i>E. fausta</i>, &amp;female;, St.-Basile, NB, CAN <b>3Ι</b> <i>E.</i> ? <i>paleacea</i>, Delta, BC, CAN <b>32</b> <i>E. paleacea</i>, ♁, Hungary <b>33</b> <i>E. paleacea</i>, &amp;female;, Hungary <b>34</b> <i>E. paleacea</i>, ♁, Finland. specimens; forewing ground color varying from pale ochre, yellowish ochre, brownish grey to rusty brown; dark markings varying from charcoal grey to reddish brown, and highly contrasting to virtually absent; angle of antemedial line rounded and obtuse, about 130°–140°; postmedial line evenly rounded to slightly sinuate; medial band varying from thick and diffuse to obsolete, co-varying with dark terminal and sub- apical shading; pale subterminal line present in specimens with dark terminal shading (Fig. 12); reniform and orbicular usually concolorous with wing ground colour or only slightly paler, rarely contrastingly pale; border of reniform and orbicular weakly defined and usually interrupted, or absent altogether; base of reniform (towards anal margin) with dark grey spot of varying size, but spot nearly always darkest of forewing markings; claviform absent; fringe concolorous with ground colour; ventral forewing less variable than dorsum, ground colour pale yellowish ochre with postmedial line and reniform spot variously developed, more so in specimens with contrasting dorsal markings and antemedial line absent. Hindwing ground colour pale yellowish ochre with dark shading varying in extent and colour from grey to dull maroon; postmedial line and broader, diffuse subterminal band visible when dark markings developed, varying to entirely absent; medial line better defined ventrally, with ventral discal spot similarly dark (rarely visible dorsally). <i>Abdomen</i> <b>–</b> Vestiture mix of pale yellowish-ochre and darker scales of colour of those on forewing dark markings; males with terminal and lateral scale tufts, which are absent in females. <i>Male genitalia <i>–</i> (Figs 55, 59). Uncus cylindrical, tapering to a small distal hook; tegumen with large peniculum, consisting of long, triangular subdorsal lobe, 0.3 × length of valve, and short, rounded lobe adjacent to uncus base; valve 2.6–2.9 mm long, 4 × as long as wide (measured at widest part), corona extending from apex along ventral margin over 1/2 length of valve; sacculus 0.5 × valve length; clasper spatulate, recurved, and directed caudally; aedeagus 7 × as long as wide, tube shaped, with field of 10–18 short, stout backward-directed spines at ventral margin of apex; ventral margin of apex rounded and slightly scoop-like; vesica small, simple, bulbous, 0.4 × length of aedeagus, with two stout cornuti positioned laterally and directed caudad; free apex of cornuti equally sized (0.082 –0.099 mm); distal opening of vesica extending dorsally from vesica as gradually tapering tube. <i>Female genitalia</i> – (Fig. 64). Ovipositor lobes bluntly triangular in lateral view, ventral margin slightly concave, covered in short hair-like setae; abdominal segment VIII 0.7 × as long as wide, anterior apophysis 1.5 × and posterior apophysis 2.3 × length of abdominal segment VIII; ductus bursae extremely short, 2 × length of ostium, appearing thicker and more rugose than corpus bursae; long, duct-like proximal two-thirds of corpus bursae (which initially appears to be ductus bursae) with only slight widening toward ovoid distal chamber; corpus

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