A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenee in North America with descriptions of four new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini)
Author
Lafontaine, Donald
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Author
Ferris, Clifford
, Laramie, United States of America
Author
Walsh, J.
University of Arizona, Tucson, United States of America
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ZooKeys
2010
2010-03-18
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10.3897/zookeys.39.438
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Hypotrix parallela
(
Grote, 1883
)
,
comb. n.
Figs 4, 21, 36
Trichorthosia parallela
Grote, 1883: 31
.
Taeniocampa terminatissima
Dyar, 1904: 104
.
Type
material.
Trichorthosia parallela
:
holotype
.
New Mexico
[location unknown].
Taeniocampa terminatissima
:
holotype
♀
[
USNM
, examined]. Type locality:
New Mexico
, Las Vegas.
Other
material examined and distribution.
Mexico
:
State of
Durango
(Sierra Madre Occidental)
.
USA
:
Arizona
:
Apache Co.
(
White Mts
) and
Cochise Co.
(
Huachuca Mts
).
Colorado
:
La Plata Co.
(
San Juan Mts
)
;
New Mexico
: Colfax (
Sangre de Cristo Mts
),
Grant Co.
(
Pinos Altos Mts
),
Lincoln
(
Capitan Mts
),
McKinley Co.
(
Zuni Mts
), and
Rio Arriba Co.
Texas
:
Jeff Davis Co.
(
Davis Mts
)
.
Diagnosis
.
Hypotrix parallela
is a medium-sized species (forewing length:
13–15 mm
) with a pale silky brownish-gray forewing and fuscous hindwing. Most of the forewing markings are obscure except for a straight white subterminal line bordered proximally by dark-gray, a dark spot in the lower part of the pale-orange reniform spot, and a small black dot in a pale area representing the orbicular spot. Th e medial line is somewhat diffuse but still distinctive because it extends in an oblique line from the costa to the dark patch in the reniform spot, then bends abruptly about 90° to continue in a straight but oblique line to the posterior margin of the forewing. Th ere are spiniform setae near the ends of the middle and hind tibiae. The
male genitalia
are similar to those of
Hypotrix ferricola
and
H
.
diplogramma
, but the uncus is less spatulate apically, the cucullus much broader with a narrow gap between it and the sacculus, and the vesica has a bulbous cornutus on a short diverticulum about 1/3 from its base. The genitalia are most similar to those of
Hypotrix rubra
, described below. In the
female genitalia
the corpus bursae is much larger, and the appendix bursae is shorter and wider than in
H
.
ferricola
and
H
.
diplogramma
.
Distribution
and biology.
Hypotrix parallela
occurs from southwestern Colorado southward through eastern Arizona, New
Mexico
, and western Texas to the State of
Durango
in northern
Mexico
. Collecting dates range from early July to late August in ponderosa pine parkland.