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Issue: Vol. 382 No. 1: 12 Dec. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.382.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 33

A new species of Schinia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) from Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana

Texas Lepidoptera Survey, 8517 Burkhart Rd., Houston, TX 77055, USA
Texas Lepidoptera Survey, 8517 Burkhart Rd., Houston, TX 77055, USA
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, c/o Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NMNH, MRC-168, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Lepidoptera Schinia varix Schinia siren Schinia roseitincta Schinia antonio Asteraceae Big Thicket National Preserve Texas Nature Conservancy

Abstract

Schinia varix, new species, is described, illustrated, and compared to similar species. Male and female adults and genitalia are figured. Comparative adults of S. siren (Strecker), S. roseitincta (Harvey), and S. antonio (Smith) also are figured.

References

  1. Hardwick, D.F. (1996) A monograph to the North American Heliothentinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). David F. Hardwick, Ottawa, Ontario, 281 pp.