Topic: Moth aggregates 2 - Common and Lesser Common Rustic
The UKSI has two version of the Common Rustic agg.:
Mesapamea secalis agg. - Common Rustic agg.
Mesapamea secalis/didyma - Common/Lesser Rustic
Personally I'd prefer there to be only one version of this agg. in the UKSI, but which should it be?
I believe I'm right in saying that Mesapamea remmi is not thought to be a separate species any more, so I think it would be better to use "Mesapamea secalis/didyma" in preference to "Mesapamea secalis agg.", but I'm aware that MapMate uses "Mesapamea secalis agg.".
What do others think? Should we stick to "Mesapamea secalis agg.", or use the more informative "Mesapamea secalis/didyma"?
Biological Records Centre
CEH Wallingford