A new species of Schinia Hübner from the southeastern United States (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Heliothinae)

Michael G Pogue

doi:10.3897/zookeys.52.476

A new species of Schinia Hübner from the southeastern United States (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Heliothinae)

Zookeys. 2010 Jul 30:(52):57-64. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.52.476.

Author

Michael G Pogue¹

Affiliation

¹ Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, c/o Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NMNH, MRC-168, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA.

Abstract

Schinia psamatheasp. n. is described from the southern coastal plain in Georgia and the East Gulf coastal plain in Florida and Alabama in habitats associated with sandy soil or dunes. Adult males and females and their genitalia are described and illustrated. Schinia psamathea is compared to Schinia saturata (Grote).

Keywords: East Gulf coastal plain; Southern coastal plain; sand dunes; taxonomy.