1. Weitere Informationen
1.1. Nomenklatur
Clemens (1860: 166-167) beschrieb die Gattung Callima mit seiner Typus-Art Callima argenticinctella. Dyar ([1903]: 525) schuf dann den Ersatznamen Epicallima mit der Begründung "Callima Clemens (not Kallima Westwood)". Dem wurde in der amerikanischen wie der europäischen Literatur durchgehend gefolgt. Berggren & Aarvik (2024: 95) lehnen das ab und begründen: "Callima Clemens, 1860 is a Holarctic genus containing 17 species (Kim et al. 2019), but the real number is difficult to determine as the genus is very close to the species rich Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lvovsky et al. 2020). The type species of Callima is the North American C. argenticinctella Clemens, 1860. Epicallima Dyar, 1903 is widely used as a replacement name for Callima, but as pointed out by Pohl & Landry (2023) the designation by Dyar (1903) was incorrect. It was based on an incorrect subsequent spelling of Kallima Doubleday, 1849 rather than an older valid name. Thus, the correct combination for the species named Epicallima icterinella in current European literature is Callima icterinella (Mann, 1867) comb. nov." Dies gilt auch für alle anderen Arten der Gattung "Epicallima", die wir hier daher konsequent mit "Callima" kombinieren.
(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)
1.2. Literatur
- Berggren, K. & L. Aarvik (2024): Callima icterinella (Mann, 1867) comb. nov. (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae), a complex consisting of seven species. — Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71: 95-108.
- Erstbeschreibung: Clemens, (1860): Contributions to American Lepidopterology. - No. 4. — Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, : 156-174. [Digitalisat auf biodiversitylibrary.org]
- Dyar, H.G. ([1903]): A list of North American Lepidoptera and key to the literature of this order of insects. — Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 52: I-XIX, 1-723. [Digitalisat auf biodiversitylibrary.org]
- Pohl, G.R. & J.-F. Landry (2023): 49. Family Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851. Pp. 126–127 in Pohl, G.R. & Nanz, S.R. (Eds), Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California xiv + 580 pp. [Sekundärzitat]
