Details for Erioptera (Erioptera) villosa

Name: Erioptera (Erioptera) villosa Osten Sacken, 1860 Publication: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859: 226 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): dilatata Alexander, 1924. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Synonymy: Alexander, 1948b. Nearctic Catalogue (Alexander, 1965h) incorrectly as 1859. hypopygium hypopygium Distribution: Canada, USA (BC, Alta and Sask to Nfld, south to Calif, Colo and Pa). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic General note: Added: Alta (Alexander, 1927u), BC (Alexander, 1955f), Calif (Alexander, 1967k), Pa (Young and Gelhaus, 2000). To be confirmed for NC (Alexander, 1941m). Biology: Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1919e Hypopygium: Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g); Alexander, 1967k; Taber, 2014 Citations on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Taber, 2014: 328, 332-333 (discussion and figs on variation, comparison). USA Characters. Taber, 2016a: 5 (remarks on preservation and distortion of hypopygium in slides made by C.P. Alexander). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Distribution. Taber, 2014: 328, 332-333 (State records).