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A new species of Plusia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Daniel Handfield  and
Louis Handfield
Daniel Handfield*
Affiliation:
355, Chemin des Grands Coteaux, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Québec, Canada J3G 2C9
Louis Handfield
Affiliation:
845, de Fontainebleau, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada J3H 4J2
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

A new species of the genus Plusia Ochsenheimer is described from North America on the basis of differences in wing colour, markings, and genital structure. The new species, typically found in bogs, was first recognized through molecular sampling for the Barcode of Life Initiative and differs significantly from other species of Plusia in the cytochrome c oxydase I (COI) mitochondrial gene sequence.

Résumé

Des analyses moléculaires effectuées par le Réseau canadien pour les codes-barres génétiques ont d'abord révélé des différences dans la séquence du gène mitochondrial du cytochrome c oxydase I (COI) chez certains spécimens du genre Plusia Ochsenheimer. L'examen des couleurs et des marques sur les ailes ainsi que l'analyse des pièces génitales ont ensuite confirmé la présence d'une nouvelle espèce, typique des tourbières à sphaignes, du genre Plusia dans l'Amérique du Nord, laquelle est ci-décrite.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 138 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 853 - 859
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2006

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