A new apameine genus and species from the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)

By

Quinter, Eric L.
Sullivan, J. Bolling

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

421

Pages

181-191

Subjects

Apameini , Arundinaria , Bamboo , Barcode , Biogeography , endophagy , Evolution , Noctuoidea

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.421.7727

 

Abstract

Cherokeea gen. n. is proposed for a rarely collected apameine moth species from the southern Appalachian Mountains, C. attakullakulla sp. n. It is recorded from foothills and lower montane habitats of North Carolina and Georgia where hill cane, Arundinaria appalachiana Triplett, Weakley & L.G. Clark is found. Adults and their genitalia are figured and a mtDNA barcode sequence is given.