Owlet Moths

Heathsville, Northumberland County, Virginia

Corynitis agassizii (McCr.) (After Murbach).

Heterogramma carumbae Eigenmann and Ward.

Figures 1–2.Adults. 1 Stenoloba viridicollar sp. n., holotype male, China 2 Stenoloba viridicollar sp. n., paratype female, China.

Figures 1–6. Aleptina adults. 1 Aleptina arenaria Metzler & Forbes, male holotype 2 Aleptina arenaria Metzler & Forbes, female paratype 3 Aleptina inca Dyar, male 4 Aleptina inca Dyar, female 5 Aleptina clinopetes Dyar, male 6 Aleptina clinopetes Dyar, female.

Figures 1–8.Adults. 1, 2 Polymixis ivanchiki sp. n. 1 holotype male, Lebanon 2 paratype female, Lebanon 3, 4 Polymixis serpentina serpentina 3 male, Slovenia 4 female, Slovenia 5, 6 Polymixis serpentina minoica 5 male, Greece, Crete 6 female, Greece, Crete 7, 8 Polymixis iatnana 7 paratype male, Cyprus 8female, Cyprus.

Figures 6–13.Harutaeographa ssp. adults. 6 Harutaeographa shui, male, holotype, China, Sichuan (GBG/ZSM) 7 Harutaeographa shui, female, paratype, China, Sichuan (AFM) 8 Harutaeographa odavissa, male, paratype, China, Sichuan (BBT) 9 Harutaeographa odavissa, female, China, Sichuan (BBT) 10 Harutaeographa fasciculata, male, Nepal, Koshi (BBT) 11 Harutaeographa fasciculata, female, Nepal, Koshi (BBT) 12 Harutaeographa pallida, male, China, W. Yunnan (DNK) 13 Harutaeographa pallida, male, West-Nepal, Bheri (BBT)

Figures 1–14.Ufeus adults 1 Ufeus satyricus satyricus ♂, New Brunswick, Fredericton 2 Ufeus satyricus satyricus ♀, New Brunswick, Fredericton 3 Ufeus satyricus sagittarius ♂, California, San Diego Co., Laguna Mts 4 Ufeus satyricus sagittarius ♀, California, Plumas Co., Johnsville 5 Ufeus satyricus sagittarius ♂, Arizona, Santa Cruz Co., Patagonia Mts 6 Ufeus satyricus sagittarius ♀, Montana, Bozeman 7 Ufeus plicatus ♂, Nebraska, Omaha 8 Ufeus plicatus ♀, Quebec, Laval 9 Ufeus hulstii ♂, British Columbia, Watch Peak, 50°29'N, 116°18'W 10 Ufeus hulstii ♀, British Columbia, Gott Peak, 50°21'N, 122°08'W 11 Ufeus felsensteini holotype ♂, Arizona, Pima Co., Santa Catalina Mts 12 Ufeus felsensteini paratype ♀, Arizona, Pima Co., Santa Catalina Mts 13 Ufeus faunus holotype ♂, New Mexico 14 Ufeus faunus ♀, California, Mojave Desert near Llano.

Figures 1–5.Stenoloba spp. adults and biotope. 1 Stenoloba solaris, sp. n., male, holotypus, Yunnan, China (GBG/ZSM) 2 Stenoloba albistriata, male, paratypus, N. Vietnam (ZFMK) 3 Stenoloba olivacea, male, Taiwan (HNHM) 4 Stenoloba benedeki, male, paratypus, N. Vietnam (HNHM) 5 Type locality of Stenoloba solaris, sp. n. China, NW Yunnan, Lijiang/Zhongdian near Tuguancum, 27°29'700"N, 99°53'700"E.

Figure 3.Anagnorisma chamrani female, HT.

Figures 1–8.Adults. 1–4 Lygephila lusoria lusoria 1 male, Hungary, slide No. OP1953m 2 female, Hungary, slide No. OP1954f 3 male, S Ural, slide No. OP2122m 4 female, France, slide No. OP2264f 5–7 Lygephila lusoria glycyrrhizae 5 male, Spain, Andalusia, slide No. OP1977m 6 female, Spain, Andalusia, slide No. OP1978f 7 female, Spain, Granada, slide No. OP2265f 8 Lygephila moellendorffi paratype, male, N Korea (photo A. Matov).

Figures 1–12.Adults of Sympistis forbesi and Sympistis chionanthi. 1 ♂ Sympistis forbesi HOLOTYPE, IA: Boone Co., Little Blue Stem Prairie, ex larva on Triosteum (UCMS) 2 ♂ Sympistis forbesi, IL: Champaign Co., Mahomet, ex larva on Triosteum (CUIC) 3 ♂ Sympistis chionanthi, NY: Tompkins Co., Ithaca, ex ova, reared on Fraxinus (CUIC) 4 ♂ Sympistis forbesi, IA: Boone Co., Little Blue Stem Prairie, ex larva on Triosteum (UCMS) 5 ♂ Sympistis forbesi, IL: Champaign Co., Mahomet, ex larva on Triosteum (CUIC) 6 ♂ Sympistis chionanthi, CT: Windham Co., Hampton, adult at light (UCMS) 7 ♀ Sympistis forbesi, IA: Boone Co., Little Blue Stem Prairie, ex larva on Triosteum (UCMS) 8 ♀ Sympistis forbesi, IL: Champaign Co., Mahomet, ex larva on Triosteum (CUIC) 9 ♀ Sympistis chionanthi, NY: Tompkins Co., Ithaca, ex ova, reared on Fraxinus (CUIC) 10 ♀ Sympistis forbesi, IA: Polk Co., ex larva on Triosteum (UCMS) 11 ♀ Sympistis forbesi, IL: Champaign Co., Mahomet, ex larva on Triosteum (CUIC) 12 ♀ Sympistis chionanthi, CT: Windham Co., Pomfret, adult at light (UCMS).

Figures 19–36.Protorthodes adults 19 Protorthodes mulina ♂, USA, Arizona, Cochise Co., Huachuca Mts, Ash Canyon, 5100’ 20 Protorthodes mulina ♀, USA, Arizona, Cochise Co., Huachuca Mts, Ash Canyon, 5100’ 21 Protorthodes oviduca ♂, USA, Florida, Marion Co., W. Anthony Rd, 1.4 mi WSW Anthony 22 Protorthodes oviduca ♂, USA, Colorado, Grand Co., Hot Sulphur Springs, 7670’ 23 Protorthodes oviduca ♀, USA, Florida, Marion Co., W. Anthony Rd, 1.4 mi WSW Anthony 24 Protorthodes orobia ♂, USA, Texas, San Patricio Co., Sinton 25 Protorthodes melanopis ♂, USA, New Mexico, Grant Co., Mangas Springs 26 Protorthodes melanopis ♀, USA, New Mexico, Eddy Co., Carlsbad Caverns National Park 27 Protorthodes texicana ♂ holotype, USA, Texas, Uvalde Co., Concan, 1300’ 28 Protorthodes texicana ♀ paratype, USA, Texas, Uvalde Co., Concan 29 Protorthodes texicana ♂ paratype, Mexico, Chiapas, San Cristóbal de las Casas, 7200’ 30 Protorthodes mexicana ♂ holotype, Mexico, Jalapa, Guadalahara 31 Protorthodes perforata ♂, USA, California, San Diego Co., Jacumba, 2850’ 32 Protorthodes perforata ♀, USA, California, San Diego Co., Scissor’s Crossing 33 Protorthodes rufula ♂, USA, Oregon, Josephine Co., Mi 6-13 Illinois River Road 34 Protorthodes rufula ♂, USA, California, San Diego Co., Torrey Pines State Reserve 35 Protorthodes rufula ♂, USA, California, Sonoma Co., Petaluma 36 Protorthodes rufula ♂, USA, California, San Diego Co., Mira Mesa at Penasquitos Canyon.

Figure 1.Geographic distribution and phenotypic variation of Raphia frater subspecies. Circles indicate specimens examined during this study: green – subsp. piazzi; pink – subsp. abrupta; black – subsp. frater; blue – subsp. coloradensis; yellow – subsp. cinderella. Multi-coloured circles indicate transitional populations and/or phenotypically intermediate specimens between respective subspecies. a Raphia frater piazzi (Zavallo Co., TX) b Raphia frater abrupta (Oktibeha Co., MS) c Raphia frater abrupta (Cottle Co., TX) d Raphia frater abrupta (Cottle Co., TX) e Raphia frater abrupta (Montgomery Co., MD) f, g Raphia frater frater (Edmunston, NB) h Raphia frater abrupta – frater intermediate (Anne Arundel Co., MD) i Raphia frater abrupta – frater – coloradensis intermediate from highly variable population in Cherry Co., NE j Raphia frater coloradensis (Alamosa Co., CO) k Raphia frater coloradensis (Milk River valley, AB) l Raphia frater coloradensis (Sanpete Co., UT) m Raphia frater coloradensis (Elko Co., NV) n Raphia frater cinderella (Ventura Co., CA) o, p Raphia frater coloradensis – frater intermediates (Chelan Co., WA) q Raphia frater elbea (Cochise Co., AZ) r Raphia frater elbea (San Juan Co., UT) s Raphia frater elbea (Santa Cruz Co., AZ). All specimens are males.

Corynitis agassizii McCr. (After Murbach).

Heterogramma trifasciatum Eigenmann and Kennedy.

Figures 3–5.Genitalia 3, 4 Stenoloba viridicollar sp. n., male genitalia, holotype, China, slide No. OP1034m 5 Stenoloba viridicollar sp. n., female genitalia, paratype, China, Slide No. OP0369f.

Figures 7–12. Aleptina male genitalia. 7 Aleptina inca Dyar, male genital details 8 Aleptina inca Dyar, male genital details of aedeagus 9 Aleptina clinopetes Dyar, male genital details 10 Aleptina clinopetes Dyar, male genital details of aedeagus 11 Aleptina arenaria Metzler & Forbes, male genital details, paratype 12 Aleptina arenaria Metzler & Forbes, male genital details of aedeagus. paratype.

Figures 14–18.Harutaeographa ssp. male genitalia. 14 Harutaeographa cinerea, male, prep. BJ1933m 15 Harutaeographa shui, male, holotype, prep. BJ1792m 16 Harutaeographa odavissa, male, paratype, prep. BJ1820m 17 Harutaeographa fasciculata, male, prep. BJ1955m 18 Harutaeographa monimalis, male, prep. BJ1851m

Figures 15–19.Ufeus male genitalia. 15 Ufeus satyricus 16 Ufeus plicatus 17 Ufeus hulstii 18 Ufeus felsensteini 19 Ufeus faunus.

Figures 6–13.Stenoloba spp. male genitalia. 6 Stenoloba solaris, sp. n., male, China, capsule, prep. OP1780m 7 Stenoloba solaris, sp. n., male, China, aedeagus, prep. OP1780m 8 Stenoloba albistriata, male, Vietnam, capsule, prep. LR10566m 9 Stenoloba albistriata, male, Vietnam, aedeagus, prep. LR10566m 10 Stenoloba olivacea, male, Taiwan, capsule, prep. LR7131m 11 Stenoloba olivacea, male, Taiwan, aedeagus, prep. LR7131m 12 Stenoloba benedeki, male, Vietnam, capsule, prep. LR7127m 13 Stenoloba benedeki, male, Vietnam, aedeagus, prep. LR7127m.

Figure 11.Habitat of the type locality of the new species.

Figures 25–30.Clasping apparatus 25 Lygephila lusoria lusoria Hungary, slide No. OP1953m 26 Lygephila lusoria glycyrrhizae Spain, slide No. OP1977m 27 Lygephila amasina Turkey, slide No. OP1959m 28 Lygephila fereudun Type, Iran, Elburz, after Wiltshire (1961) 29 Lygephila alaica Tajikistan, Gissar Mts, slide No. OP1819m 30 Lygephila colorata paratype, Pakistan, slide No. OP1969m.

Figures 13–18.Sympistis forbesi and Sympistis chionanthi genitalia 13 Sympistis forbesi HOLOTYPE male, IOWA: Boone Co., Little Blue Stem Prairie, Genitalia CNC slide # 16516 ♂; scale = 1 mm 14 aedoeagus, same data 15 Sympistis chionanthi male, MANITOBA, Cartwright, Genitalia CNC slide # 16515 ♂ 16 aedoeagus, same data 17 Sympistis chionanthi female, SASKATCHEWAN, 8 mi NW Stewart, 1800’, Genitalia CNC slide # 13192 ♀; scale = 1 mm 18 Sympistis forbesi paratype female, same data as male, Genitalia CNC slide # 16517 ♀.