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TWO SPECIES OF PALPITA HÜBNER DESCRIBED BY JANSE, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE: PYRAUSTINAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Eugene Munroe
Eugene Munroe
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Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa
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Abstract

Lectotypes are designated for Margaronia curvilinea Janse, 1924, and Margaronia pratti Janse, 1924. These species are referred to Palpita Hübner, [1808], as new combinations. They are redescribed and differentiated from certain closely related species. Phalaena Geometra annulata Fabricius, 1794, and Botys partialis Lederer, 1863, are treated as species inquirenda in the absence of type material. Glyphodes celsalis Walker, 1859, and Margaronia inusitata Butler, 1879, are treated as distinct species and are transferred to Palpita as new combinations. Margaronia warrenalis Swinhoe, 1894, is transferred to Palpita as a new combination; a lectotype is designated for this species and its characters are compared with those of P. curvilinea. Palpita varii n. sp., from Manusela, Ceram, and P. jansei n. sp., from the Island of Mioswar, Geelvink Bay, New Guinea, are described from holotypes drawn from the type-series of P. pratti; characters differentiating these three species are given.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 67 - 76
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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