A Phenotypic Comparison of Regional Populations of Hemileuca maia (Drury, 1773) with Designations of New Subspecies (Bombycoidea, Saturniidae, Hemileucinae)

Authors

Harry Pavulaan, International Lepidoptera SurveyFollow

Date of this Version

4-1-2020

Document Type

Article

Citation

Taxonomic Survey of the International Lepidoptera Survey (April 1, 2020) 8(5): 1-16

Also available at https://lepsurvey.carolinanature.com/ttr/ttr-8-5.pdf

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ZooBank registration: https://zoobank.org/References/3595D21C-4FDE-4336-A588-4E68195E1118

Comments

Copyright 2020. International Lepidoptera Survey. Open access material

License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-SA-NC 4.0 International)

Abstract

Following refinement of the type locality of Hemileuca maia to the Long Island Pine Barrens of New York State by the author (Pavulaan, 2020), an evaluation of phenotypic characters of regional populations of H. maia is presented. The Long Island population is the nominotypical subspecies. Populations in southeastern coastal New England and offshore islands are presently considered nominotypical maia. However, several continental inland populations show evidence of subspecific variation. Four new subspecies are designated. Detailed phenotypic information of other interior regions is lacking.