A review of the genus Dodia Dyar, 1901 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae) with description of a new remarkable species from the Russian Far East
Author
Koshkin, Evgeny S.
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Zootaxa
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2024-05-27
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5458.1.2
1175-5326
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Dodia tarandus
Macaulay &
Schmidt, 2009
Dodia tarandus
Schmidt & Macaulay, 2009: 83
, figs 2, 3, 5, 7.
Holotype
♂
(CNC). Type locality:
Canada
,
Alberta
, Caribou Mtns.,
East
shore of
Wentzel Lake
.
Diagnosis.
Close to
Dodia albertae
, but differs from it in more developed light pattern on forewings, with basal and antemedial area always paler than outer half of wing. In male genitalia, apex of valva is strongly bifurcated, juxta longer than wide, and everted vesica 2/3 or less length of aedeagus (
Schmidt & Macaulay 2009
).
Distribution.
Central
Canada
(from central
Alberta
eastward to
Manitoba
).
Ecology.
Inhabits wet, shrubby spruce bogs and adjacent open pine woods. Flight period from early June to early July. Males are nocturnal, single female is collected during the day. Larval biology and host plants are not known (
Schmidt & Macaulay 2009
).