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Topic: micromoth synonyms

Earlier this week we spent some time trying to trace Dichrorampha vancouverana McDunnough, 1935, Bradley & Fletcher number 1284, which did not seem to match anything in recorder or NBN.  It is widely treated as this name on a variety of county moth websites , for example those below:
http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/di … ncouverana
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1284
http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/1284.php
http://www.suffolkmoths.org.uk/cgi-bin/ … ?code=1284
http://www.norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?bf=12840

However, it is not in the NBN dictionary, but its synonym is, which appears to be:
Dichrorampha gueneeana Obraztsov, 1953     TaxonVersionKey: NHMSYS0000502163

(traced by the cunning use of common names, and one of the moth sites above does indeed refer to this synonym.....).

Obviously, lots of moth people think vancouverana is its real name, but the NBN Dont't.  Any chance of some clarification or at least synonym addition in the gateway?

Louise Bacon
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Environmental Records Centre

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Re: micromoth synonyms

update from Keith balmer in Bedfordshire, mapmate has both names as synonyms and the following citation:

Dichrorampha gueneeana  is a synonym of Dichrorampha vancouverana according to MapMate which is good for things like this, citing the source as

Langmaid, J. & Agassiz, D., 2005, The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation Vol 117:

Cheers, Keith

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Re: micromoth synonyms

Hi Louise

Many thanks for pointing that change of synonymy - I have actioned the changes and we now have a new TVK for D.vancouverana = NHMSYS0020977497

Chris R.

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)