Moselia infuscata
Creators: name: Burton, David K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Leuctridae
Moselia
Moselia infuscata

description: <i>Moselia infuscata</i> (Claassen) Hairy Needlefly http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Plecoptera.speciesfile.org: TaxonName:431 <i>Leuctra infuscata</i> Claassen, 1923:262. Holotype &amp;male; (Cornell University Collection), Seattle, Washington (Fig. 13 holotype &amp;male;, Fig. 14&amp;female;) <i>Leuctra infuscata</i>: Needham &amp; Claassen, 1925:230., (Plate 43, Figs. 3, 5 holotype &amp;male;, Fig 4&amp;female;) <i>Leuctra infuscata</i>: Ricker 1939:22. <i>Leuctra</i> (<i>Moselia</i>) <i>infuscata</i>: Ricker, 1943:81. <i>Moselia infuscata</i>: Illies, 1966:112. <i>Moselia infuscata</i>: Ricker &amp; Scudder 1975: 337. <i>Moselia infuscata</i>: Stewart &amp; Oswood 2006: 58. <i>Moselia infuscata</i>: Stark &amp; Harrison 2016: 262. <b>Distribution:</b> CAN: BC. USA: CA, OR, WA (Stark &amp; Harrison 2016, DeWalt et al. 2019). <b>Material Examined:</b> CAN: BC. USA: CA, OR, WA. <b>Distribution Analysis:</b> Examination of Canadian specimens of the genus <i>Moselia</i> from the CNCI, UOG and RBCM showed that all specimens were of the species <i>M. infuscata</i>. Specimens from Washington and Oregon in the CNCI were also confirmed as <i>M. infuscata</i>. Specimens from California previously identified as <i>M. infuscata</i> were found to be <i>M. zonata</i> based on the criteria Stark &amp; Harrison (2016) used to separate the two species. The BOLD database contains three Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) for <i>Moselia</i>. BIN BOLD:ACB0944 contains specimens from Washington State and British Columbia that were shown to be consistent with the species <i>M. infuscata</i> based on the criteria Stark &amp; Harrison (2016) used to separate the two species. The other two Bins contain specimens of <i>Moselia</i> from California and were not available for study. However, the presence of a banded wing pattern in the photograph of the male specimen representing BIN BOLD:ACP2540 suggests that it is the species <i>M. zonata</i>. The specimen represented by BIN BOLD:ACP2547 lacks a banded wing pattern and is a female. The species determination for this BIN cannot be made at this time. Stark and Harrison (2016) have shown that the distribution of <i>M. infuscata</i> is restricted in the United States to the Coastal Range of Oregon and Washington with one isolated population in the Sierra Nevada Range of California. <i>Moselia zonata</i> replaces <i>M. infuscata</i> in the Coastal Range of California, the Sierra Nevada Range of California and in scattered locations in Nevada (Stark &amp; Harrison 2016). Specimens in this study show that in Canada <i>M. infuscata</i> is restricted to the southwestern Coastal Range of British Columbia. Re-examination of a female specimen reported from Summit Lake, Alaska Highway (Stewart &amp; Oswood 2006) shows that it is a female of <i>Perlomyia utahensis</i> based on wing venation and sub-genital plate structure. Additional collecting in the Coastal Range of British Columbia will be needed to determine the northern extent of the <i>M. infuscata</i> population in Canada.
description: Published as part of <i>Burton, David K., 2019, Distribution Of Moselia Infuscata (Claassen, 1923) (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) In Canada, pp. 107-110 in Illiesia 15 (7)</i> on pages 108-109, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4753135
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