Mitochondrial genetics of Ophiderini, with a new species from the Eudocima phalonia species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae)
Author
Borth, Robert J.
0000-0002-5228-5699
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Author
Kons, Hugo L.
0000-0002-5228-5699
bobborth@sbcglobal.net
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-06-02
5148
1
1
151
http://zoobank.org/20bc627e-56a1-4674-a6b2-96f9b8db15f7
journal article
53923
10.11646/zootaxa.5148.1.1
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1175-5326
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Eudocima martini
Zilli & Brou, 2017
(
Figs 14
: I–J, 21: F, 26: Q–T, 32:H)
This small species (
34–35 mm
, n=6) is similar in size to another island endemic,
E. paulii
, but in
E. martini
the hindwings have no medial patch. Members of the
C. homaena
group also have no medial patch but lack a green dot inside the reniform, and the females have a green transverse bar across the forewing. This species also has unique genitalia including a thin aedeagus and uncus and small juxta (
Zilli
et al
. 2017
). This species is rare in collections and is apparently endemic to the
Solomon Islands
(
Zilli
et al
. 2017
).