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<taxonomicName authority="(Guenee)" authorityName="Sullivan" authorityYear="2010" baseAuthorityName="Guenee" baseAuthorityYear="1852" box="[140,500,165,193]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithii" status="comb. n.">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,381,166,193]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Neadysgonia smithii</emphasis>
(Guenée)
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,
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<paragraph blockId="6.[140,618,165,228]" box="[140,320,202,228]" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Figs 4, 9a, b, 13</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[140,315,272,298]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Ophiusa smithii</emphasis>
Guenée
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Boisduval and
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, pl. 22, fig. 4.
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<emphasis box="[140,198,343,369]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" reason="1">Type</emphasis>
material.
</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[318,536,343,369]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Neadysgonia smithii</emphasis>
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was either described from an unknown number of specimens from an unknown locality, or it may have been described from a painting by John Abbot and sent to his colleague at the British Museum, J. E. Smith who in turn sent it to Guenée. As stated above, the type locality was probably near Savannah,
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. Th e location of any type material is unknown. Th e identity of
<taxonomicName authority="Guenee" authorityName="Guenee in Boisduval and Guenee" authorityYear="1852" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Ophiusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithii">
<emphasis box="[934,1108,483,509]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Ophiusa smithii</emphasis>
Guenée
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can not be determined from the published illustration, or from the original description, so a
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</emphasis>
is hereby designated: male, “
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, Wedge Plantation, McClellensville, S. C., D. C. Ferguson,” so labeled and located in USNM. I have dissected it and the slide number is USNM 50786.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,618,659,685]" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">
<emphasis box="[185,286,659,685]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" reason="1">Material</emphasis>
dissected and/or barcoded.
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.
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:
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.;
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<collectingRegion box="[972,1065,659,685]" country="United States of America" name="Georgia" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Georgia</collectingRegion>
: no location (
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)
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;
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:
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,
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,
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, Hinds,
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,
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, and
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;
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:
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</materialsCitation>
.;
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:
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, Carteret,
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,
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</materialsCitation>
;
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:
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</materialsCitation>
.;
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:
<collectorName box="[972,1082,765,792]" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Jasper Co</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[140,1108,342,1671]" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,251,800,826]" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">
<emphasis box="[185,245,800,826]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" reason="1">Note</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
This species as well as
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<emphasis box="[527,549,801,826]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[566,634,800,826]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sullivan" authorityYear="2010" baseAuthorityName="Guenee" baseAuthorityYear="1852" box="[698,854,800,827]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="consobrina">
<emphasis box="[698,720,801,826]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[738,854,800,826]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">consobrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were all described by Guenée at the same time in the genus
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ochsenheimer. Hampson" authorityYear="1816" box="[569,661,835,861]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Ophiusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[569,661,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Ophiusa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and probably from specimens or paintings he received from Abbot via Smith. Th ey probably originated from eastern
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or South Carolina in the vicinity of Savannah, where Abbot lived. Th e brief description of
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<emphasis box="[171,193,942,967]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[208,284,941,967]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">smithii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Guenée and accompanying painting could refer to one of two externally similar species, one of which is described as new below. Neither the description nor the painting of the species that served as a model for the description can be identified as to species. However, Abbot also painted the caterpillar and Guenée included a brief description of it as well. Most importantly, the food plant was identified as
<taxonomicName authority="Aiton" authorityName="Aiton" authorityYear="1789" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Fagus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ferruginea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Fagus ferruginea</emphasis>
Aiton
</taxonomicName>
(now
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<emphasis box="[394,580,1117,1143]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Fagus grandifolia</emphasis>
Ehrhart
</taxonomicName>
) and the pupae was said to be covered with a thick effl orescence of white purple. A white, waxy bloom on the pupa is characteristic of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sullivan" authorityYear="2010" baseAuthorityName="Guenee" baseAuthorityYear="1852" box="[277,382,1187,1214]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similis">
<emphasis box="[277,299,1188,1213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[314,382,1187,1213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as well as species of
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<emphasis box="[616,750,1188,1214]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Argyrostrotis</emphasis>
Hübner
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[905,1000,1187,1213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Catocala</emphasis>
Schrank. Apparently
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Guenee in Boisduval and Guenee" authorityYear="1852" box="[274,389,1223,1249]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Ophiusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithii">
<emphasis box="[274,296,1223,1248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[313,389,1223,1249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">smithii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has not been reared again but beech trees are characteristic of mesic forests in the coastal plain and do not occur in the swamp forests where the new species
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<emphasis box="[224,246,1294,1319]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[260,320,1293,1319]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">telma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been collected.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,312,1328,1354]" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">
<emphasis box="[185,307,1328,1354]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" reason="1">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Adults of
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<emphasis box="[434,456,1329,1354]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[471,547,1328,1354]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">smithii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are readily distinguished from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sullivan" authorityYear="2010" baseAuthorityName="Guenee" baseAuthorityYear="1852" box="[904,1057,1328,1355]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="consobrina">
<emphasis box="[904,926,1329,1354]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[941,1057,1328,1354]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">consobrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[140,162,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[178,246,1363,1389]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the two triangular outward projections of the PM line. However, there is no reliable external character to distinguish it from the newly described species,
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<emphasis box="[1078,1100,1399,1424]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[140,200,1434,1460]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">telma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Upon dissection of the male genitalia
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<emphasis box="[641,663,1435,1460]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[677,753,1434,1460]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">smithii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a shorter and broader valva and the medial projection on the tegumen is more than half the length of the valva. In
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sullivan. St. Tammany Parish" authorityYear="2010" box="[140,236,1504,1531]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="telma">
<emphasis box="[140,162,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[176,236,1504,1530]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">telma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the valva is much narrower and longer and the medial projection of the tegumen is rarely as long as half the length of the valva. In females of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Guenee in Boisduval and Guenee" authorityYear="1852" box="[857,968,1539,1566]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Ophiusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithii">
<emphasis box="[857,879,1540,1565]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[892,968,1539,1565]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">smithii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the distance between the lateral edges of the lodix and the main plate is less than the thickness of the lateral edge at its base. In
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sullivan. St. Tammany Parish" authorityYear="2010" box="[475,572,1610,1636]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="telma">
<emphasis box="[475,497,1611,1636]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis box="[512,572,1610,1636]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="91">telma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
this distance is much greater than the width of the base of the lateral edge.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="7.[140,1108,1287,1405]" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,299,1287,1309]" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Figures ΙΙΙ4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sullivan" authorityYear="2010" box="[304,415,1287,1308]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="92" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[304,415,1287,1308]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Neadysgonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
female genitalia.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[575,601,1287,1309]" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">ΙΙ</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="(Gn.)" authorityName="Sullivan" authorityYear="2010" baseAuthorityName="Guenee" baseAuthorityYear="1852" box="[607,839,1287,1309]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="92" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similis">
<emphasis box="[607,779,1287,1308]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Neadysgonia similis</emphasis>
(Gn.)
</taxonomicName>
. Craven Co.,
<collectingRegion box="[964,1107,1287,1309]" country="United States of America" name="North Carolina" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">North Carolina</collectingRegion>
(JBS 2863)
<emphasis bold="true" box="[250,276,1319,1341]" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Ι2</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="(Gn.)" authorityName="Sullivan" authorityYear="2010" baseAuthorityName="Guenee" baseAuthorityYear="1852" box="[282,553,1319,1341]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="92" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="consobrina">
<emphasis box="[282,494,1319,1340]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Neadysgonia consobrina</emphasis>
(Gn.)
</taxonomicName>
. St. Tammany Parish,
<collectingRegion box="[759,848,1319,1341]" country="United States of America" name="Louisiana" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Louisiana</collectingRegion>
(JBS 2755)
<emphasis bold="true" box="[964,990,1319,1341]" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Ι3</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="(Gn.)" authorityName="Sullivan" authorityYear="2010" baseAuthorityName="Guenee" baseAuthorityYear="1852" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="92" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Neadysgonia smithii</emphasis>
(Gn.)
</taxonomicName>
. Brunswick Co.,
<collectingRegion box="[425,570,1351,1373]" country="United States of America" name="North Carolina" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">North Carolina</collectingRegion>
(JBS 2756)
<emphasis bold="true" box="[690,716,1351,1373]" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Ι4</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Sullivan. St. Tammany Parish" authorityName="Sullivan. St. Tammany Parish" authorityYear="2010" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="92" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="telma">
<emphasis box="[723,890,1351,1372]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Neadysgonia telma</emphasis>
Sullivan. St. Tammany Parish
</taxonomicName>
,
<collectingRegion box="[208,297,1383,1405]" country="United States of America" name="Louisiana" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Louisiana</collectingRegion>
(JBS 2784).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="92" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="7.[140,1108,1469,1671]" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,489,1469,1495]" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">
<emphasis box="[185,336,1469,1495]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="92" reason="1">Distribution</emphasis>
and biology.
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sullivan" authorityYear="2010" baseAuthorityName="Guenee" baseAuthorityYear="1852" box="[495,712,1469,1495]" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="92" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithii">
<emphasis box="[495,712,1469,1495]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Neadysgonia smithii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs throughout
<collectingRegion box="[933,1107,1469,1495]" country="United States of America" name="North Carolina" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">North Carolina</collectingRegion>
and southward to
<collectingRegion box="[353,443,1504,1530]" country="United States of America" name="Georgia" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Georgia</collectingRegion>
and westward to
<collectingRegion box="[650,711,1505,1531]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Texas</collectingRegion>
northward in the
<collectingRegion box="[928,1052,1504,1530]" country="United States of America" name="Mississippi" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Mississippi</collectingRegion>
Valley to
<collectingRegion box="[213,316,1539,1565]" country="United States of America" name="Missouri" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Missouri</collectingRegion>
. It is not yet recorded from
<collectingRegion box="[643,738,1539,1565]" country="United States of America" name="Virginia" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Virginia</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[752,836,1539,1565]" country="United States of America" name="Florida" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Florida</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion box="[849,958,1539,1565]" country="United States of America" name="Louisiana" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Louisiana</collectingRegion>
or
<collectingRegion box="[1000,1103,1539,1565]" country="United States of America" name="Arkansas" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Arkansas</collectingRegion>
, although it does occur close by and would be expected in those states as well.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sullivan" authorityYear="2010" baseAuthorityName="Guenee" baseAuthorityYear="1852" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Neadysgonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="92" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Neadysgonia smithii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in open savanna and mesic woodland habitats. Th e adults are multiple brooded.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>