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Issue: Vol. 3760 No. 2: 31 Jan. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-01-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.2.8
Page range: 289–300
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 2

A striking new genus and species of tiger-moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) from the Caribbean, with molecular and morphological analysis of its systematic placement

1 rue Roger Rameau, 93110 Rosny sous Bois, France. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, USM 602, case postale n° 50 (Entomologie), F-75231 Paris Cedex 05
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, 579 Gordon Street, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
INRA Orléans, UR633, Unité de Recherche en Zoologie Forestière, 2163 Avenue de la Pomme de Pin, CS40001 Ardon, 45075 Orléans Cedex 2, France.
Arctiinae Arctiini Dominican Republic new genus new species Westindia COI DNA barcoding 28S rDNA phylogeny

Abstract

Westindia Vincent, a new genus, is proposed for W. haxairei Vincent, a new species of Neotropical tiger-moth described from Dominican Republic. Habitus, male and female genitalia are described and figured. The systematic position of the new genus within Arctiinae is discussed in light of a comparative morphology and a molecular phylogeny derived from the DNA barcode fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene and of the D2 region of the 28S rDNA gene.