Lasionycta Crabo & Lafontaine, 2009, gen. n.
Creators
- 1. Washington State University, Bellingham, United States of America
- 2. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Description
Key to North American Lasionycta species-groups and Psammopolia gen. n.
Males 1. Digitus vestigial...................................................................... Psammopolia – Digitus elongate (Lasionycta).................................................................... 2 2. Valve lacking membranous postsaccular flap........ L. secedens species-group – Valve with postsaccular flap........................................................................ 3 3. Uncus nearly cylindrical with acute apex........... L. leucocycla species-group
– Distal uncus dorsoventrally flattened with rounded or truncated apex........ 4
4. Vesica very long (> 3× aedeagus length), straight or slightly curved beyond basal bend, distal part with apical field of velvety setae............................... 5
– Vesica shorter (<3× aedeagus), coiled or spiraled with stout apical setae.... 6
5. Uncus tip slightly expanded and rounded....... L. skraelingia species-group
– Uncus tip spatulate with squared-off apex............... L. phaea species-group
6. Digitus more heavily sclerotized than clasper, bent 90° ventrad at base with prong-like or flange-like subbasal projection......... L. subdita species-group
– Digitus less heavily sclerotized than clasper, oriented 30–45° ventrad, cylindrical, without projections........................................................................ 7
7. Valve with weakly constricted neck and small rounded cucullus; forewing with inconspicuous dark-filled reniform spot......... L. luteola species-group
– Valve with strongly constricted neck and large triangular cucullus; forewing with large pale-filled reniform spot...................... L. mutilata species-group
Females
1. Appendix bursae narrow and strongly spiraled........................................... 2
– Appendix bursae bulbous, at most with indentation producing spiraled surface groove................................................................................................. 3
2. Ovipositor dorsoventrally asymmetrical with pointed elongate posterodorsal extension; wings pale sandy brown or silver gray..................... Psammopolia
– Ovipositor lobes pad-like and symmetrical; forewings dark gray; hindwings yellow and black.................................................. L. secedens species-group
3. Ovipositor lobe sclerotized and conical, spade shaped, or rounded, covered with short stout setae at apex............................ L. leucocycla species-group
– Ovipositor lobe soft and pad-like, covered with hair-like setae................... 4
4. Bursa copulatrix round with appendix bursae extending anteriorly from left side of corpus bursae....................................... L. skraelingia species-group
– Bursa copulatrix ovoid; appendix bursae directed posterodorsad or to left from posterodorsal origin on corpus bursae................................................ 5
5. Appendix bursae with spiraled surface groove; ductus bursae nearly cylindrical, without proximal or distal expansions............... L. phaea species-group
– Appendix bursae bulbous and broadly S-shaped, without surface groove; ductus bursae dorsoventrally flattened........................................................ 6
6. Anterior ductus bursae with focal expansion toward right> 1.5× ductus diameter near corpus bursae..................................... L. subdita species-group
– Ductus bursae lacking asymmetrical expansion near corpus bursae............ 7
7. Ductus bursae 0.9–1.0× as long as corpus bursae; small species (forewing length 12–14 mm) with indistinct dark reniform spot............................................................................................................... L. luteola species-group
– Ductus bursae relatively shorter, ̴ 0.7× as long as corpus bursae; larger species (forewing length 16–18 mm) with large pale-fi lled reniform spot outlined in black...................................................... L. mutilata species-group
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.30.308 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/576576 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/896847397B71FFD6FF8EE829912DFFF8 (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/C26E1A82-0DD4-48EF-865C-9D8AA788B739 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Lasionycta
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Taxon rank
- genus