1 Topic by TeresaF

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Topic: Oak Eggar - Lasiocampa quercus

I think something a bit strange is going on with this moth species' common name?

The common name only seems to be associated with a subspecies when you search for it on NBN v5:
https://data.nbn.org.uk/Search?q=oak+eggar
the latin name does get you more records:
https://data.nbn.org.uk/Search?q=Lasiocampa+quercus

although the common name search works ok on v4:
http://old-data.nbn.org.uk/searchengine … =oak+eggar

Similarly in Recorder 6 (dictionary 1Q) if you seach for "Oak Eggar" it says Lasiocampa quercus in the Taxa Selection box yet only returns the subspecies' Lasiocampa quercus quercus records, whereas searching for "Lasiocampa quercus" returns all the records.

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Re: Oak Eggar - Lasiocampa quercus

That's an odd one. "Oak Eggar" appears twice in Lasiocampa quercus subsp. quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) but there is no common name in Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758). On closer examination one "Oak Eggar" is a species and the other a subspecies so it seem like someone took the decision to move the "species Oak Eggar" to the subspecies. I would tentatively suggest that we move it back to Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758).

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/)

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Re: Oak Eggar - Lasiocampa quercus

Hi,

Lasiocampa quercus and Lasiocampa quercus subsp. quercus are usually treated as one of the same and both are Oak Eggar in the vernacular.

Les Evans-Hill
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Butterfly Conservation, Butterflies for the New Millennium and National Moth Recording Scheme

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Re: Oak Eggar - Lasiocampa quercus

Thanks Les - yes I think someone has just done a typo when the Nameserver was last edited and moved both Oak Eggars into the subspecies. I will move the 'species' ranked one back to the species :)

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/)