Charadra tapa Schmidt &amp; Anweiler 2010, sp. n.
Creators: name: Schmidt, Christian
name: Anweiler, Gary
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pantheidae
Charadra
Charadra tapa

description: <i>Charadra tapa</i> Schmidt &amp; Anweiler, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 00370BBD-8B85-4AA1-A8AB-9AF7D6CB7FE2 Figs 8, 9, 24, 31 <b>Type material.</b> <b>Holotype</b> ♁ – UNITED STATES. “AZ; Cochise Co. / Huachuca Mts, 5354 Ash / Cyn [Canyon] Rd. 0.5miW [0.5 miles west of] Hwy [Highway] 92 / 15.IX.1992 5100’ / N. McFarland UV light”; “ HOLOTYPE / C <i>haradra tapa</i> / Schmidt &amp; Anweiler” [red label]. Deposited in CNC. <b>Paratypes –</b> 21 ♁, 9 &amp;female; [CNC, CUIC, USNM, UASM]. Same data as holotype (all reared ex ova on <i>Quercus gambelii</i>), 5 Oct 1959 (1 ♁); 15 Aug 1965 (1 ♁); 27 Aug. 1965 (1 &amp;female;); United States: Arizona: Cochise Co., Huachuca Mountains, Ramsey Canyon., R. F. Sternitzky, 2 Oct. 1967 (3 ♁, 1 &amp;female;), 13 Sept. 1967 (1 ♁), 25 Sep 1967 (1 ♁), 29 Oct. 1967 (3 ♁, 1&amp;female;), 24 Sept. 1967 (1 &amp;female;); Cochise Co., Huachuca Mountains, Carr Canyon., R. F. Sternitzky, 28 Sep 1967, (1&amp;female;), 24 Sep 1967 (3 ♁), 28 Sep 1967 (2 ♁); Cochise Co., Sierra Vista, F. Sternitzky, 8 Sept. 1967, (1 ♁), 25 Sept. 1967 (1 ♁), 18 Sep 1966 (1 &amp;female;); Cochise Co., Huachuca Mtns, Garden Cyn., F. Sternitzky, 9 Oct. 1967, (1 ♁); Cochise Co., Huachuca Mtns, 5354 Ash Canyon. Rd. 0.5 mi W Hwy. 92, 15 Sept. 1992, 5100’, N. McFarland, (1 ♁), 22 Sep 1992 (1 &amp;female;), 24 Sep 1992 (1 ♁), 21 Sep 1992 (1 ♁); Cochise Co., Chiracahua Mtns, Southwestern Research Station, 21 May 1960, C.W. Kirkwood (1 &amp;female;); Santa Cruz Co., Santa Rita Mtns, Madera Canyon, 4880’, 1 Oct. 1959, (1 &amp;female;), 14 Aug 1965 (1 ♁), J.G. Franclemont. <b>Etymology.</b> The name <i>tapa</i> is an anagram of <i>pata</i>. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Most similar to <i>C. franclemonti</i>; see diagnosis under that species. <b>Description.</b> Sexes externally alike, except females slightly larger than males. FW length averages 18 mm in males, 19 mm in females. <i>Head, thorax, abdomen</i> – as for <i>C. franclemonti</i>, with following differences in wing markings: Forewings slightly paler grey overall, particularly distal third; medial dark area slightly paler; hindwing with slightly paler yellowish base, dark marginal band on average slightly wider than in <i>C. franclemonti</i>. <i>Male genitalia</i> (Fig. 24) – structurally very similar to that of <i>C. franclemonti</i>, with following differences: valve tip slightly more triangular (more squared in <i>C. franclemonti</i>); base of vesica with two large, thorn-like cornuti positioned adjacent to each other on left-sublateral area. <i>Female genitalia</i> (Fig. 31) – as in <i>C. franclemonti</i>, with following differences: antevaginal plate with broad Ushaped medial notch and two short, broadly-rounded triangular lobes, not extending beyond margin of sternum; ductus bursae with a more pronounced ventral twist of right lateral margin. <b>Distribution and biology.</b> The known distribution of <i>C. tapa</i> is limited to the Chiricahua, Huachuca, and Santa Rita Mountains of southeastern Arizona, although the species probably occurs in adjacent parts of Mexico. Th e main flight period is from September to October; a single specimen from early May indicates there may be spring flight. Larvae have been reared on Gambel Oak (<i>Quercus gambelii</i>). <b>Remarks.</b> Although previously treated as such, neither <i>C. tapa</i> nor <i>C. franclemonti</i> is referable to <i>C. pata</i>, as pointed out in the ‘remarks’ section of <i>C. pata.</i>
description: Published as part of <i>Schmidt, Christian &amp; Anweiler, Gary, 2010, The North American species of Charadra Walker, with a revision of the Charadra pata (Druce) group (Noctuidae, Pantheinae), pp. 161-181 in ZooKeys 39 (39)</i> on pages 172-173, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.39.432, http://zenodo.org/record/576639