Revision of the New World Panthea Hübner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) with descriptions of 5 new species and 2 new subspecies
Anweiler, Gary G.
ZooKeys
2009
2009-05-12
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9
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Hubner
1820
[452,558,850,877]
Insecta
Pantheidae
Panthea
Animalia
Lepidoptera
3
100
Arthropoda
genus
1 Antenna bipectinate (male)......................................................................... 2 – Antenna simple (female) ( Note:female of P. reductaunknown) ............... 12 2 Hindwing black except fringe, scales tiny, hair-like exposing membrane, appearing glassy (label can be read through wing); Caribbean: Hispaniola ( Fig. 3).......................................................................................... P. reducta – Hindwing with white scales, or if without white scales dark scales not greatly reduced, wing opaque ................................................................................. 3 3 Small (FW length 14-15 mm); wing pattern blurred or appearing out of focus; uncus obsolete ( Fig. 45); aedeagus without sclerotized cornuti, but armed with patch of many soft fleshy-appearing spines ( Figs. 1, 45) ............. .................................................................................................. P. apanthea – Larger (FW length 16 mmor more); wings with lines clear, contrasting; uncus present; aedeagus armed with 1-2 large sclerotized cornuti ( Figs. 46-57)....... 4 4 Terminus of uncus bifurcate ( Fig. 48) .......................................... P. gigantea – Terminus of uncus not bifurcate; square, rounded or pointed ( Figs. 46, 47, 49-57) ........................................................................................................ 5 5 Everted vesica long, narrow, 3-5 × long as wide ( Figs. 54-56)...................... 6 – Everted vesica short, bulbous, 1-2 × long as wide ( Figs. 46-53) ................... 8 6 Vesica with large bent or curved terminal cornutus ( Fig. 56); sw USA.......... ......................................................................................................... P. greyi – Vesica with large straight terminal cornutus ( Figs. 54-55); eastern USAand Canada....................................................................................................... 7 7 Vesica with second smaller cornutus near base of vesica ( Figs. 55, 57), southeastern USA( Fig. 71) .................................................... P. furcilla australis – Vesica without second cornutus ( Fig. 54); eastern USAand Canada( Fig. 71) ( Note:specimens from zone where furcillaand australismeet show intermediate characters) ............................................................... P. furcilla furcilla 8 Vesica with large curved claw-like basal cornutus and finger-like diverticulum with a small straight terminal cornutus ( Fig. 50)..................... P. virginarius – Vesica without finger-like diverticulum ( Figs. 46-49) ( Note:some specimens of virginariusfrom Wyomingand southern Idahomay have a greatly reduced diverticulum with a very small or obsolete spine) ( Fig. 51).......................... 9 9 Vesica with two large, curved, approximately equal-sized cornuti ( Fig. 59) ... ................................................................................................ P. guatemala – Vesica with two prominent cornuti, one much smaller in size ( Figs. 46; 52- 53)............................................................................................................ 10 10 Vesica with one short curved cornutus and one long, thin, straight or recurved cornutus; clasper simple, not scoop-shaped or forked ( Figs. 52-53) 11 – Vesica with large basal and small terminal cornutus; large scoop-shaped clasper ( Fig. 46) ............................................................................. P. judyae 11 Wings with prominent white areas ( Figs. 36-38); eastern and boreal North America ( Fig. 71).......................................... P. acronyctoides acronyctoides – Wings without prominent white areas, or if white area present, confined to small areas of outer edge of FW postmedian line and anal angle of HW ( Figs. 40-43); Rocky Mountains and foothills ( Fig. 71) ........................... .................................................................................. P. acronyctoides nigra 12 Sterigma vestigial or obsolete ( Fig. 58); sw USA......................... P. apanthea – Sterigma well developed ( Figs. 59-68)....................................................... 13 13 Corpus bursae with thick-walled opaque upper and thin-walled translucent lower sections ( Figs. 65-68)....................................................................... 14 – Corpus bursae single, an oval or oblong, thin-walled translucent sac ( Figs. 59-64) ...................................................................................................... 16 14 Ductus bursae narrow, finely folded or “corrugated,” expanding abruptly to corpus bursae ( Figs. 65-67); eastern USAand Canada.............................. 15 – Ductus bursae wider, with large folds, widening gradually and with folds extending onto upper section of corpus bursae ( Fig. 68); sw USA( Fig. 71)...... ......................................................................................................... P. greyi 15 Ductus bursae strap-like, few twists and folds ( Fig. 67); east and se USA( Fig. 71)......................................................................... P. furcilla australis – Ductus bursae not strap-like, with many finer “corrugated” folds ( Fig. 65); northeastern USAand Canada( Fig. 71) (Note: specimens of ssp. australisand furcillashow intermediate characters where the ranges meet) ........................ ........................................................................................ P. furcilla furcilla 16 Sterigma massive, heavily sclerotized ( Figs. 58-61).................................... 17 – Sterigma not massive, only moderately sclerotized ( Figs. 62-64) ............... 19 17 Ductus bursae heavily sclerotized to or almost to corpus bursae ( Fig. 61)...... ................................................................................................ P. guatemala – Ductus bursae with heavily sclerotized part extending no more than half way to corpus bursae ( Figs. 59-60)................................................................... 18 18 Ductus bursae between sterigma and corpus bursae narrow; corpus bursae tear-drop or oval shape ( Fig. 59); FW length less than 25 mm....... P. judyae – Ductus bursae below sterigma wide; corpus bursae oblong ( Fig. 60); FW length greater than 25 mm.......................................................... P. gigantea 19 Ductus bursae slightly curved, smooth, with expanded rim at ostium ( Figs. 63-64) ..................................................................................................... 20 – Ductus bursae straight, wrinkled, without expanded rim at ostium ( Fig. 62) ............................................................................................... P. virginarius 20 Wings with prominent white areas ( Figs. 36-38); eastern and boreal North America ( Fig. 72) ......................................... P. acronyctoides acronyctoides – Wings without prominent white areas ( Figs. 40-43); Rocky Mountains and foothills ( Fig. 69) ( Note:specimens of acronyctoidesshow intermediate characters in central Alberta) ........................................... P. acronyctoides nigra