Genus Anachloris Meyrick, 1885

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• Anachloris Meyrick, E. 1885. Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. Gelechiadae VIII. Tineina (part). New Zealand Journal of Science 2: 589-592 [589] [replacement name].

  Type species:

   Aspilates? subochraria Doubleday, 1843 by subsequent designation.
• Arsinoe Meyrick, E. 1883. Monograph of New Zealand Geometrina. New Zealand Journal of Science 1: 526-531 [junior homonym; of Arsinoe Rafinesque, 1815 (Hymenoptera) and of Arsinoe Laporte, 1834 (Coleoptera)].

  Type species:

   Aspilates? subochraria Doubleday, 1843 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Neave, S.A. 1939. Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in Zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935. London : The Zoological Society Vol. 1. A-C 957 pp.; Schmidt, O. 2001. Australian species of Anachloris Meyrick (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae): taxonomy, musculature of the male genitalia and systematic position. Australian Journal of Entomology 40(3): 219-230 [220].

Introduction

It is very likely that Anachloris does not belong to the Hydromenini on the basis of characteristcs of the skeleletomuscular system and the structure of the female genitalia (Schmidt 2001). However Young (2006) noted that the eggs of A. uncinata resemble those of the Nearctic hydriomenine Eulithis Hübner. This neither supports nor refutes Schmidt's hypothesis as the eggs of Hydromenini are renowned for their heterogeneity (Salkeld 1983). More research on the limits of Hydromenini and taxa related to Anachloris is needed before its tribal placement can be confirmed.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Diagnosis References

Schmidt, O. 2001. Australian species of Anachloris Meyrick (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae): taxonomy, musculature of the male genitalia and systematic position. Australian Journal of Entomology 40(3): 219-230 [220-222]

General References

Salkeld, E.H. 1983. A catalogue of the eggs of some Canadian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), with comments. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 126: 67 pp.

Schmidt, O. 2001. Australian species of Anachloris Meyrick (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae): taxonomy, musculature of the male genitalia and systematic position. Australian Journal of Entomology 40(3): 219-230

Young, C.J. 2006. Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 1287: 294 pp. [110,111,115]

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