A Revision of Lasionycta Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) for North America and notes on Eurasian species, with descriptions of 17 new species, 6 new subspecies, a new genus, and two new species of Tricholita Grote
Author
Crabo, Lars
Washington State University, Bellingham, United States of America
Author
Lafontaine, Donald
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada
text
ZooKeys
2009
2009-12-18
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journal article
10.3897/zookeys.30.308
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Key to species of
Psammopolia
1. Dorsal forewing gray; occurring from northern
California
to southwest
Alaska
..
2
– Dorsal forewing gray brown to tan;
occurring from
Sonoma County
,
California
to
Baja California
..................................................................................
3
2. Orbicular spot oval; larger species (forewing length>
18 mm
); male valve with broad expansion of mesial ventral margin; corpus bursae> 1.8× ductus bursae length .................................................................................
P
.
wyatti
– Orbicular spot nearly round; smaller species (forewing length <
18 mm
); mesial valve weakly expanded; corpus bursae <1.8× ductus length
P
.
arietis
3. Orbicular spot incomplete, open along vein R and outlined in black scales; forewing dark gray brown to reddish brown; male antenna bipectinate; female corpus bursae> 1.5× length of ductus bursae ....................
P
.
ochracea
– Orbicular spot complete, pale, without dark outline; forewing cream, tan, or medium gray brown; male antenna weakly biserrate; corpus bursae equal to ductus bursae length ...................................................................................
4
4. Orbicular spot round or ovoid;
occurring on the central
California
coast north of
Carmel
; male cucullus wider than valve at base of clasper; female ovipositor lobes 0.4× length of ductus bursae...............................
P
.
insolens
– Orbicular an elongate oval; occurring in San Luis Obispo County; cucullus width less than valve at clasper; female ovipositor lobes <0.3× ductus bursae length ................................................................................................
P
.
sala