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THE MISTURATA GROUP OF THE GENUS EUXOA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. D. Lafontaine
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa

Abstract

Euxoa melana n. sp., a sibling species of E. misturata (Smith), is described from the Panhandle area of Texas and from south-western Kansas. Together, the two species are herein referred to as the misturata group which is defined on the basis of genitalic characters. Adults and genitalia are illustrated.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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