Zanclognatha protumnusalis - Hodges#8349

Adult: antemedian (AM) and postmedian (PM) lines wavy & jagged - thickened and dark near the costa, but thin and faint across the rest of the wing; bold dark reniform spot; subterminal (ST) line thin & inconspicuous, bordered by darker shading along its length - (this description predates the 2011 paper by Wagner and McCabe which describes Zanclognatha dentata and seems more applicable to that species. ) Larvae: See Preliminary key to Zanclognatha larvae The type of Zanclognatha minimalis Grote, 1878, currently regarded as a synonym of Zanclognatha protumnusalis (e.g., Franclemont and Todd 1983) (BMNH), is somewhat intermediate in character between Zanclognatha dentata and Zanclognatha protumnusalis . On the whole Zanclognatha minimalis aligns best with the latter, e.g., hindwings of Zanclognatha minimalis are too pale to fit comfortably within Zanclognatha dentata and the discal spot is small, round and almost free of dark scales. However, two features of the type give us pause: the postmedial line is strongly expressed to the inner margin (it is nearly always vague below the cell in Zanclognatha protumnusalis ). Likewise the antemedial line is toothed and well expressed to the inner margin, and thus more reminiscent of Zanclognatha dentata .