A new cryptic Sympistis from eastern North America revealed by novel larval phenotype and host plant association (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Oncocnemidinae)
A Triosteum-feeding species of Sympistis is described from eastern North America: Sympistis forbesi sp. n. Identity of the new species is most reliably determined from larval morphology and host plant association—both adult scaling and genitalic characters overlap with those of Sympisitis chionanthi...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3935229/ |