A new cryptic Sympistis from eastern North America revealed by novel larval phenotype and host plant association (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Oncocnemidinae)

By

Zacharczenko, Brigette
Wagner, David L., 1956-
Hatfield, Mary Jane

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

379

Pages

93-107

Subjects

Caprifoliaceae , cryptic species , iridoid glycosides , Triosteum , unequal evolutionary rates

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.379.5765

 

Abstract

A Triosteum-feeding species of Sympistis is described from eastern North America: Sympistis forbesi sp. n. Identity of the new species is most reliably determined from larval morphology and host plant association—both adult scaling and genitalic characters overlap with those of Sympisitis chionanthi, a Chionanthus and Fraxinus feeder.