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Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 33(3), 1979, 174-178
FOURTH ADDITION TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL LIST OF MACROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW JERSEY
Joseph Muller
R. D. 1, Lebanon, New Jersey 08833
ABSTRACT. Additional species, subspecies and named aberrations (with larval food plant, when known) are added to the list of Macrolepidoptera of New Jersey not recorded in John B. Smith's Report of the New Jersey State Museum (1909) or in my later reports to date (1965, 1968, 1973, 1976).
The following new additions were collected by the author, Dr. C. Brooke Worth, Dr. Dale Schweitzer, and the Department of Agriculture at Rutgers University. References are cited for those species already reported elsewhere in the literature.
In this area, light pollution appears to be the main reason for the decrease in moths. The only collecting locality known to me where lights and bait still work is Dr. Worth's farm at Eldora, (Cape May Co.). This area is relatively isolated, since the land mass is on a peninsula. Most sphingids, saturniids and other conspicuous Lepidoptera formerly common throughout the state are still found here in large numbers.
Checklist numbers and classification for moths are taken from McDunnough (1938), updated to current nomenclature. Localities, dates of collection, collector (and when known, foodplant) are shown. Specimens not followed by the name of the collector were taken by the author. Specimens collected at Eldora, Cape May Co., were collected by the author in collaboration with Dr. Worth.
Acknowledgments
I wish to thank Dr. Frederick Rindge and Eric Quinter, of the American Museum of Natural History, for determining some of the following specimens and for reading the manuscript, and Dr. Rindge for providing references to published records.
Moths
Arctiidae
Holomelina Herrich-Schaeffer
1022 opelta form "belmaria" Ehrman Eldora, 17 June; 17 Sept.
Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale; plantain, Plantago major
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Noctuidae
Noetuinae
Graphiphora Ochsenheimer 1525 tenuicula Morrison Drakestown, 17 Sept., Rutgers
Hadeninae
Leucania Ochsenheimer 1978-1 linda Franclemont Long Valley, 21 July, Rutgers
Cuculliinae
Metaxaglaea Franclemont 2227-2 n. sp.
Eldora, 16 Oct., 25 Nov., 1, 11 Jan. American holly, Ilex opaca
Amphipyrinae
Apamea Ochsenheimer 2328-1 inebriata Ferguson
Lakehurst, 8 April, 29 June, 25 July, Lemmer; Jerseyville, 9 July, Shulgin; Freehold, 17 July, Franclemont Agroperina Hampson 2373 lutosa Andrews
Woodglen, 25 April, 2 July, Rutgers Luperina Boisduval
2393 passer Guenee form "conspicua" Morrison Drakestown, 21 Sept., Rutgers Dock, Rumex occidentalis Oligia Hiibner
2421 minuscula Morrison
Lakehurst, 6 Sept., 15 Oct., C. Rummel Xylomoia Staudinger
2434 chagnoni Barnes & McDunnough Seabrook, 12 June, Rutgers Borer in Phalaris arundinacea Callopistria Hiibner
2538 floridensis Guenee
East Millstone, 27 Sept., Rutgers Ferns Platyperigea Smith
2655 multifera Walker Freehold, 25 June, Rutgers
2656 extima Walker Freehold, 25 June, Rutgers
Bellura Walker
2709 melanopyga Grote
Camden, 25 May; Delanco, 26 May, Rutgers Borer in yellow water lily
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Acontiinae Cryphia Hiibner
3100 villificans Barnes & McDunnough Oliver, 12 June, Rutgers Tarachidia Hampson 3185 semiflava Guenee Eldora, 20 May
Catocalinae
Catocala Schrank
3336 paleogama Guenee, form "denussa" Ehrman Hunterdon Co., 8 Sept., 9 Oct. Hickory, Carya; walnut, Juglans 3386 gracilis Edwards, form "lemmeri" Mayfield, 1923 Lakehurst, 1 Sept., Lemmer Vaccinium 3388 herodias Barnes & Benjamin, Gerhardi Benjamin & Barnes
Lakehurst, 15 July, Rutgers 3410 micronympha Guenee, form "lolita" Sargent Lebanon, ex ovo 3, 8, 18, 20, 22 June, 3 Sept. Red oak, Quercus rubra Zale Hiibner
3493 metata Smith Eldora, 20 May Pinus virginiana
Ophiderinae
Metalectra Hiibner
3658-1 richardsi Brower Eldora, 23 July
Hypeninae
Hypenodes Doubleday 3728-1 fractilinea Smith
Martinsville, 10 June, Rutgers Parahypenodes Barnes & McDunnough 3729 quadralis Barnes & McDunnough Hughesville, 25 July, Rutgers
Herminiinae
Epizeuxis Hiibner 3735 concisa Walker
Woodglen, 25 July; Evesboro, 9 July, Rutgers
Notodontidae
Heterocampa Doubleday 3890 varia Walker
Chatsworth, 12 July, J. Madenjian Oak, Quercus sp.
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Geometridae
Larentiinae
Coryphista Hulst
4248 meadii atlantica Munroe, 1954 Irvington, May-Sept., E. E. Witte Barberry Eupithecia Curtis
4266-1 slossonata McDunnough, 1949 Eldora, 17 May Hydriomena Hiibner
4477 transfigurata Swett. McDunnough, 1954
Lebanon State Forest, 13 June, Rutgers; Lebanon, 7, 13, 25 May
Ennominae
Lomographa Hiibner 4608 glomeraria Grote Lebanon, 16 May Hypomecis Hiibner
4738 gnopharia (Guenee)—formerly in Pseudoboarmia. Rindge, 1973 Eldora, 25 May, 18 June Anacamptodes McDunnough
4917-1 humaria humaria (Guenee). Rindge, 1966 Eldora, 20 May
General feeder on deciduous plants Glenoides McDunnough 4948 texanaria Hulst Eldora, 24 Oct. Epimecis Hiibner
4951 virginaria Cramer, form "dendaria" Guenee Eldora, 20 May Tulip tree, sassafras Philgalia Duponchel
4956 strigataria (Minot). "Melanic male." Rindge, 1975 Lebanon, 5 April
4957 denticulata Hulst. Rindge, 1975
Orange Mts., Essex Co., 3 March, Lemmer. In Cambridge collection. Tacparia Walker
5024 atropunctata (Packard). Ferguson, "1973" (1974) Near Lisbon, 12 June, J. Madenjian Birch, Betula sp. Sicya Guenee
5161 macularia Harrison Lebanon, 17 July Spirea, Ceanothus
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FERGUSON. "1973" (1974) Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 75: 476. (Lists two NJ. localities.)
FERNALD, M. L. 1950. Gray's New Manual of Botany, Eighth Ed.
Forbes, W. T. M. 1923-1960. Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Parts II, III and IV. New York Agr. Exp. Sta. at Cornell, Ithaca, New York.
Mayfield, T. D. 1923. Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 18: 33.
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McDunnough. 1949. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 93: 548. (Cites Lakehurst, N.J.)
--------- 1954. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, 104: 279. (Cites Lakehurst, N.J.)
Muller, J. 1965. Supplemental List of Macrolepidoptera of New Jersey. J. New York
Entomol. Soc. 73: 63-77.
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New York Entomol. Soc. 76: 303-306.
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Munroe. 1954. Canadian Entomol. 86: 282. (Type locality: Irvington, New Jersey). RiNDGE, F. 1966. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 132: 216. (Fig. 7 [distribution map]; six localities from New Jersey).
--------- 1973. Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 2514: 23. (Fig. 24 [distribution map]; five
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Errata
Corrections in Third Addition to the Supplemental List of Macrolepidoptera of New Jersey (1976):
Page 197. No. 248. polixenes should read polyxenes. Page 197. Nyphalidae should read Nymphalidae. Page 198. Meliana Curtis = Leucania Ochsenheimer. Page 199. Stabidium Grote = Plagiomimicus Grote. Page 199. Camptylochia Stephens = Epizeuxis Hiibner. Page 199. 3777 should read 3735.
Page 199. Epicnaptera Rambur = Phyllodesma Hiibner. Page 200. Zanolidae = Apatelodidae. Page 200. No. 4932. Mistaken identity.