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A New Species of Linosta (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Eugene Munroe
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Research Branch, Canada Departmenr of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada

Extract

Head white; eye fuscons; labial palpus black, white at base beneath; antenna light wood brown, strongly bipectinate; body above white; abdomen with prominent black segmental bands above; bodv beneath white; legs white, with inner surface af front legs and distal parts of middle and hind tarsal segments infuscated. Fore wing above shining white, with narrow black contrasting markings; antemedial line nearly complete, the anterior element usualIy elongate and joining the remainder of the line, the rest of the line sigmoidal, acutely inflected on anal fold and near 3rd A; discocellular mark large and annular, complete or nearly so; postmedial line complete and of uniform width, excurved behind costa, then oblique to posterior margin; a narrow but distinct fuscous terminal line; fringe white. Hind wing above white; a postmedial row of more or less distinct black dots on veins in anterior part of wing; terminal line and fringe as on fore wing. Wings beneath white, markings of upper surface seen faintly by translucency; postmedial dots of hind wing well marked near costa; terminal line and fringe as above. Expanse 3 1-37 mm.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1962

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References

Munroe, E. G. 1959. Revision of the genus Linosta Möschler (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) with characterization of the subfamily Linostinae and a new subfamily. Can. Ent. 91: 485488.Google Scholar