Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-moths IIIBjorn Christian Schmidt, J. Donald Lafontaine This special issue of ZooKeys is the third volume in a series on the systematics of New World macro- moths. Fourteen authors have contributed 13 manuscripts for thisÿ volume, covering taxa in the Noctuidae, Erebidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae and Crambidae. New taxa are described from Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru and United States. Taxonomic changes include the description of two new genera, seven new species, and a new subspecies. Also, 45 new or revised synonyms, six new or revised statuses, and 20 new or revised generic combinations are proposed. |
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abdomen Adult aedeagus Aleptina Andesobia anieata antenna apex Arctiinae Argyrostrotis Azenia barcode basal BMNH Bolling Sullivan brown bursae closely scaled Collection Condica corpus bursae Costa Rica dark defined dentata distal distribution DNA barcode Don Lafontaine dorsal Dyar Elasmia Erebidae Eric H female genitalia figs first flattened Forbes Forewing length genera genital genitalic genus Geometridae Gondysia gray Grote Guenée H aeglealis Hagnagora Handfield Herpetogramma Hiibner hindwing holotype identified immacula interdune Knudson Lafontaine JD Eds larvae lectotype Lepidoptera macro-moths male genitalia mandela medial Mexico moths National Park Natural History Neotherina Noctuidae Noctuoidea North America Otero County pale paratype Patagobia Poaphila poguei postmedial line protumnusalis Quebec Sands National Monument santaana Schinia Schmidt BC sclerotized segment setae smoky species specimens sphingealis synonym synonymy systematics Texas Tularosa Basin Type material uncus USNM valve ventrally vesica Wagner White Sands National WHSA wing World macro-moths WSNM Zanclognatha ZooKeys 149 ZooKeys 39