Cephalospargeta

Möschler, 1890

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Cephalospargeta elongata

Cephalospargeta is a in the Nolidae, established by Möschler in 1890. It contains a single , Cephalospargeta elongata, which occurs in the southern United States (Texas) and Caribbean islands (Puerto Rico, Jamaica). The genus was historically classified in Noctuidae but has been reassigned to Nolidae based on phylogenetic revisions.

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Pronunciation

How to pronounce Cephalospargeta: /ˌsɛfəloʊˌspɑrˈɡɛtə/

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Distribution

Texas (USA), Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. The disjunct distribution between the southern United States and Caribbean islands suggests a tropical to subtropical range.

Misconceptions

Sources conflict regarding placement: Wikipedia and GBIF list Noctuidae, while Catalogue of Life, NCBI, and iNaturalist place the in Nolidae. This reflects ongoing taxonomic revision of the noctuoid , with Nolidae now widely accepted as the correct family.

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Taxonomic history

Originally described in Noctuidae, Cephalospargeta has been transferred to Nolidae following molecular and morphological studies that reorganized the Noctuoidea superfamily. The remains with no additional described since the original 1890 description.

Observation data

iNaturalist records 30 observations, indicating the is rarely encountered despite its relatively broad geographic range.