Abstract
AbstractThe supposedly cosmopolitan speciesNomophila noctuella(Denis and Schiffermüller) is shown to be one of a complex of 12 distinct species, some sympatric, some allopatric, and none ranging over more than three continents.N.noctuellaitself has the widest range, extending through most of the Palaearctic and Ethiopian regions, including Madagascar, and into tropical Asia as far as India and Pulo Laut. It also occurs adventively in Hawaii. Two additional endemic species,N.africanan. sp. andN.brevispinalisn. sp., occur in Africa; the Australian species,N.australican. sp., is endemic but occurs, probably adventively, on Christmas Island. The North American species,N.nearctican. sp., is distinct fromN.noctuella, but, like it, is a migrant and ranges south to northern tropical America. There are six endemic species in South America:N.colombianan. sp., Colombia;N.heterospila(Meyrick), Andes, transferred fromMacronomeutis, which falls as a synonym ofNomophila;N.helvolalis(Maassen), Andes;N.distinctalisn. sp., Peru, Bolivia, and Chile;N.indistinctalis(Walker), central and southern South America; andN.triticalisBerg, Argentina and Paraguay, to whichN.squalidalis(Hampson) falls as a synonym.N.incognitaViette, known from a single female from Amsterdam Island, Indian Ocean, is a good species.
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