Taxonomic Swap 92821 (Guardado el 13/06/2021)

Haworth used an -us spelling as "5-maculatus" in the original description, which has become quinquemaculatus, so that is the valid name. The author of the reverse name change followed the Pohl et al. 2016 Lepidoptera checklist's -a spelling, which was in error.

Original description: https://archive.org/details/lepidopterabrit00hawogoog/page/n96/mode/2up

See also https://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?phylo=890091

desconocido | 2021 N. Am. Lepidoptera suffixes
Añadido por treichard en 04 de junio de 2021 a las 12:17 AM | Resuelto por treichard en 13 de junio de 2021
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I have been wondering why I kept seeing the spelling both ways. Glad it is fixed on this site, thank you.

Anotado por stomlins701 hace casi 3 años

It turns out that the Pohl et al. 2016 checklist hadn't fully addressed issues with the specific epithet suffixes, and many of us had assumed it had and could be relied upon for correct spelling. There are a handful of old taxon changes that went from the right spelling to the wrong one because of that misunderstanding.

Anotado por treichard hace casi 3 años

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