The genus Alucita in North America, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae)

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Authors: Landry, Bernard, Landry, Jean-François
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2004
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Northwest Territories; Canada; British Columbia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/n03-095; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00001644

Abstract The North American fauna of Alucitidae is shown to include three widespread species: Alucita montana Barnes et Lindsey, 1921 ( nec Cockerell), Alucita adriendenisi sp. nov. (type locality: Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada), and Alucita lalannei sp. nov. (type locality: Maynooth, Ontario, Canada). Alucita hexadactyla (L., 1758) and A. huebneri Wallengren, 1862 do not occur in North America. The three North American species are described and illustrated. Alucita montana is found from southwestern Quebec and Vermont, west to British Columbia, and south to Arizona, California, and Texas; its caterpillar is associated with Symphoricarpos spp. (Caprifoliaceae). Alucita adriendenisi is known from northwestern Quebec and New York, west to Alberta and the Northwest Territories, with more southern populations (isolated?) in West Virginia, Arizona, and Texas; its caterpillar feeds on flowers of Lonicera dioica L. (Caprifoliaceae) in Michigan. Alucita lalannei has been found in Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta, Canada; its host plant is unknown.