A new species of Herpetogramma (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) from eastern North America

By

Handfield, Louis
Handfield, Daniel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

149

Pages

5-15

Subjects

Christmas fern , Crambidae , Dryopteridaceae , eastern North America , Herpetogramma , Polystichum , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.149.2344

 

Abstract

Herpetogramma sphingealis sp. n., a new species of Crambidae (Lepidoptera), is described from Québec, Canada. The species is included in the genus Herpetogramma Led., 1863, a genus in the subfamily Spilomelinae. Adults and genitalia of this species are described and illustrated, as well as those of H. aeglealis (Walker, 1859) and H. thestealis (Walker, 1859), and adults of the semi-melanic form of H. aeglealis are illustrated.