A new species of Lithophane Hbn. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae)

By

Brou, Vernon Antoine, Jr.
Lafontaine, J. Donald

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

9

Pages

11-20

Subjects

Alabama , Florida , Georgia , Lepidoptera , Lithophane , Louisiana , Mississippi , Noctuidae , North Carolina , taxonomy , winter moths

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.9.158

 

Abstract

A new species of a noctuid moth in the genus Lithophane is described and illustrated. Lithophane abita Brou & Lafontaine, sp. n.  is known from the mid-Atlantic coastal states southward to Florida and the Gulf Coast states.