Zanclognatha is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Julius Lederer in 1857.
Taxonomy Zanclognatha was considered synonym of Polypogon in 1989. It became its own genus in 1991, but then became a synonym of Polypogon again in 1996.Poole, R. W. (1996). Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Checklist of the Insects of North America. Volume 3: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera. E.I.S., Rockville, MD. 1143 pp. However, sources from 1998 and 2005 recommend keeping the two genera split.Nowacki, J. & Fibiger, M. (1998). "Noctuidae". pp. 251-93. In: Karsholt, O. and J. Razowski. The Lepidoptera of Europe: A Distributional Checklist. 380 pp. Stenstrup: Apollo Books.Lafontaine, D. & Troubridge, J. (2005). "Taxonomic notes on North American Noctuidae 2: The Polypogon group of genera".
It is not clear how many valid species are part of the genus; some species are likely made up of at least two valid species-level taxa that have yet to be officially split, and there are some familiar taxa that have not yet been described to science. Adult Zanclognatha species are often difficult to tell apart; wing patterns and genital morphology, two characters often used to distinguish moth species, are not necessarily useful for classifying them. The larvae are more distinctive and may be more helpful in future studies of the genus.Wagner, D. L. & McCabe, T. L. (2011). "A new Zanclognatha from eastern North America and a preliminary key to the larvae of the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae)". ZooKeys. (149), 89.
Species Zanclognatha angulina (Leech, 1900) Zanclognatha atrilineella (Grote, 1873) Zanclognatha bryanti Barnes, 1928 Zanclognatha cruralis (Guenée, 1854) - early zanclognatha moth Zanclognatha dentata Wagner & McCabe, 2011 - Coastal Plain zanclognatha moth Zanclognatha helva (Butler, 1879) Zanclognatha inspidalis (Wileman, 1915) Zanclognatha jacchusalis (Walker, 1859) - wavy-lined zanclognatha moth Zanclognatha laevigata (Grote, 1872) - variable zanclognatha moth Zanclognatha lituralis (Hübner, 1818) - lettered zanclognatha moth Zanclognatha lunalis (Scopoli, 1763) - jubilee fan-foot Zanclognatha marcidilinea (Walker, 1859) - yellowish zanclognatha moth Zanclognatha martha Barnes, 1928 - pine barrens zanclognatha moth, Martha's zanclognatha moth Zanclognatha minoralis J. B. Smith, 1895 Zanclognatha nakatomii Owada, 1977 Zanclognatha nigrisigna (Wileman, 1915) Zanclognatha obscuripennis (Grote, 1872) - dark zanclognatha moth Zanclognatha pedipilalis (Guenée, 1854) - grayish zanclognatha moth Zanclognatha protumnusalis (Walker, 1859) - conifer zanclognatha moth Zanclognatha reticulatis (Leech, 1900) Zanclognatha subtriplex Strand, 1919 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis (Treitschke, 1835) Zanclognatha theralis (Walker, 1859) (syn. Z. deceptricalis Zeller, 1873, Z. gypsalis (Grote, 1880), Z. inconspicualis (Grote, 1883)) Zanclognatha yaeyamalis Owada, 1977 Zanclognatha zelleralis (Wocke, 1850)
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