A REVISION OF THE GENUS TRICHOSILIA HAMPSON (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Authors: Lafontaine, J.D., Kononenko, V.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1986
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Canada; Chukotka; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent1181079-11; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00040827

Abstract The genus Trichosilia Hampson, until now monotypic, is revised to include 10 species, 4 of which are described as new: T . austrina Lafontaine, from Texas; T . woodiana Lafontaine, from northwestern Canada; T . boreana Lafontaine, from northern Canada and Alaska; and T . beringiana Lafontaine and Kononenko, from northwestern Canada, Alaska, and Chukotka, USSR. All species are illustrated and characters to distinguish the species are given. Distribution maps for the species and a phylogenetic analysis of the genus are also included.