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Issue: Vol. 4007 No. 4: 31 Aug. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-08-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.4.7
Page range: 567–579
Abstract views: 83
PDF downloaded: 4

A revision of the South American genus Metecia Snellen (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas—Instituto Superior de Entomología “Dr. Abraham Willink”, Miguel Lillo 205, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina.
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas—Instituto Superior de Entomología “Dr. Abraham Willink”, Miguel Lillo 205, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina.
Pabellón de Biología, Dpto. de Cs. Naturales, Fac. de Cs. Ex. y Nat., UNLPam, Campo de Enseñanza, Ruta Nacional nº35 km335, CP: 6300, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina.
Lepidoptera systematics genitalia distribution Argentina Chile

Abstract

The genus Metecia Snellen (Noctuidae. Noctuinae) from Southern Argentina and Chile is redescribed and three species are recognized: M. cornifrons Snellen, M. lacustris (Köhler) n. comb., and M. hypothetica (Köhler) n. comb. In addition, Euxoa pampeana Köhler is synonymized with Metecia cornifrons. Adults and male and female genitalia are described and illustrated for the first time, and a key to the species is provided.