A revision of the genus Doryodes Guenee, 1857, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Catocalinae, Euclidiini)
Citation
Lafontaine, J.D. & Sullivan, J.B. (2015) A revision of the genus Doryodes Guenee, 1857, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Catocalinae, Euclidiini). ZooKeys, 527, 3-30.
Plain language summary
This work provides new biological and diagnostic information on a group of North American cutworm species. This information is critical to plant quarantine inspectors, provincial and federal identifiers, invasive species specialists, cutworm systematists and conservation biologists.
Abstract
The genus Doryodes Guenée is revised to include ten species including six species described as new (D. desoto Lafontaine & Sullivan; D. okaloosa Sullivan & Lafontaine; D. fusselli Sullivan & Lafontaine; D. reineckei Sullivan & Lafontaine; D. broui Lafontaine & Sullivan; and D. latistriga Sullivan & Lafontaine). A key to species, descriptions, and illustrations of adults and genitalia are included.