Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Laurent, Ryan A St
• Reeves, Lawrence E
• Kawahara, Akito Y

Titel

Cicinnus chambersi : a new species of sack-bearer moth (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae, Cicinninae) from southeastern Arizona, USA

Ist Teil von

• ZooKeys, 2020-04, Vol.931 (1), p.49-71

Ort / Verlag

Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A new species of cicinnine Mimallonidae, , is described from the Sky Islands Region of southern Arizona, USA. The new species is closely related to (Druce), type locality Veracruz, Mexico, based on morphology and genetics. The other species known from the United States, the common (type locality Pennsylvania, USA) is morphologically and genetically distinct from both and . The new species is compared to and , as well as other Mexican . The life history of is unknown, but its description should facilitate future studies on this rarely reported North American mimallonid, a species which may have only recently become established in the United States. is the fifth known Mimallonidae species from the United States, and the first described from the country in nearly half a century.