Neadysgonia similis (Guenée) Sullivan, 2010
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.39.434 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5734552B-0B4A-4F28-823F-272011A82376 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3788636 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E81B72-DC07-FFA0-0DE3-FE9BFCA86FCB |
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Neadysgonia similis (Guenée) |
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comb. nov. |
Neadysgonia similis (Guenée) , comb. n.
Figs 1, 2, 7a, b, 11
Ophiusa smithii Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852: 267 .
Type material. This species was described from an unknown number of specimens from an unknown locality. Th e short description is adequate to distinguish the species. Th e location of any types is unknown (not in BMNH, MNHN, or USNM).
Diagnosis. Neadysgonia similis can be recognized by the lack of well-defined triangles from the PM line and no dark shading basal of the AM line. Two forms occur, one devoid of any well-defined pattern between the AM and PM lines. In the male genitalia the projection from the tegumen creates a square shape and the costal projection of the valva ends in a hammerhead. In the female the lodix is rectangular.
Distribution and biology. Neadysgonia similis has been recorded from North Carolina to Florida. Th e food plant occurs in Alabama and Mississippi and the moth could be expected from these areas as well.
A larva of N. similis was collected from Loblolly Bay ( Gordonia lasianthus (L.) ( Theaceae )) by Richard Broadwell during the course of a study to determine the nontarget effects of Bacillus treatments to eradicate a Gypsy moth infestation near Wilmington, N.C. ( Hall et al. 1999). I identified the emergent moth as Neadysgonia similis and have subsequently found additional larvae and reared larvae from eggs from a captive female; all readily fed to maturity on Loblolly Bay. It is a common plant on the frequently burned coastal plain savannas, but both the adults and larvae are relatively uncommon. Th e moth is multiple brooded (April to September).
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Neadysgonia similis (Guenée)
Sullivan, J. Bolling 2010 |
Ophiusa smithii Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852: 267
Guenee A 1852: 267 |