Lithophane leeae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae), a striking new species from southeastern Arizona

By

Walsh, J. Bruce

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

9

Pages

21-26

Subjects

Arizona , DNA barcode , Lepidoptera , Lithophane , Noctuidae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.9.184

 

Abstract

A new species of noctuid moth in the genus Lithophane Hübner is described and illustrated. The largest member in the genus, Lithophane leeae Walsh n. sp. is known from a single female from the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona, and is strikingly different from other described species of Lithophane. Mitochondrial DNA data place L. leeae closest to (but quite divergent from) Lithophane atara (Smith) in the Lithophane lepida Grote species-group of pine-feeding Lithophane species.