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Issue: Vol. 1284 No. 1: 11 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1284.1.4
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 37

Three new species of Lithophane Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae)

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes Biodiversity Program, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Lepidoptera Lithophane Noctuidae North America genitalia Juniperus occidentalis

Abstract

Three new species of Lithophane Hübner are described: Lithophane lanei and L. scottae from eastern Ontario, Canada, and L. boogeri from the high desert of Oregon, U.S.A. Adults and genitalia are illustrated.

References

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    Lafontaine, J.D. (2004) Noctuoidea: Noctuidae (part), Noctuinae (Part-Agrotini). In: Hodges, R.W.(Ed.), The Moths of North America, fasc. 27.1. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, D.C. 385 pp.