Neadysgonia consobrina (Guenée) Sullivan, 2010

Sullivan, J. Bolling, 2010, A new genus and species for Dysgonia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae) from Southeastern United States, ZooKeys 39 (39), pp. 85-97 : 89-90

Neadysgonia consobrina (Guenée) , comb. n.

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Ophiusa consobrina Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852: 267 .

Type material. Neadysgonia consobrina , like N. similis , was described from an unknown number of specimens from an unknown locality. Th e brief description allows identification of the species and the material probably originated from near Savannah, Georgia. No type has ever been located.

Diagnosis. This species is distinguished by a single triangular outward projection on the PM line. In the male genitalia the uncus is spatulate and the projection from the

Figures 7–Ι0. Male genitalia of Neadysgonia . a valvea b aedeagus. 7a,b Neadysgonia similis (Gn.) . Carteret Co., North Carolina (JBS 2750) 8a,b Neadysgonia consobrina (Gn.) . St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (JBS 2754) 9a,b Neadysgonia smithii (Gn.) . Jones Co., North Carolina (JBS 2749). Same data as male valves Ι0a,b Neadysgonia telma Sullivan. Holotype. Columbus Co., North Carolina (JBS 2752).

tegumen is rounded. In females the lodix is trapezoidal and the ostial opening forms a horizontal concave line, i.e. smile.

Distribution and biology. Neadysgonia consobrina occurs from North Carolina to Louisiana. Specimens have been recorded from all of the southeastern states in the range except Alabama and Tennessee. Th e food plant of the species is unknown. The species is multiple brooded.