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Issue: Vol. 788 No. 1: 22 Dec. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-12-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.788.1.1
Page range: 1–4
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 20

A new species of Schinia H bner from riparian habitats in the Grand Canyon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)

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 systematics genitalia tamarisk mesquite acacia

Abstract

Schinia immaculata, new species, is described from riparian habitats along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Habitats include the shoreline, new high water dominated by tamarisk (Tamarix sp., Tamaricaceae), and old high water characterized by mesquite (Prosopis sp., Fabaceae), acacia (Acacia sp., Fabaceae), and desert shrubs. Adult and male genitalia are illustrated and compared with Schinia biundulata Smith.

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    Pogue, M.G. & Harp, C.E. (2003a) Revised status of Schinia unimacula Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Zootaxa, 226, 1–8.

    Pogue, M.G. & Harp, C.E. (2003b) Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Zootaxa, 294, 1–16.

    Pogue, M.G. & Harp, C.E. (2003c) A review of the Schinia regia (Strecker) species complex with a description of a new species (Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 57, 197–203.

    Pogue, M.G. & Harp, C.E. (2004) A review of the Schinia tertia (Grote) species complex (Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Zootaxa, 473, 1–32.