Three new species of Pselnophorus plume moths from southern United States (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

Authors

Deborah L. Matthews, Florida Museum of Natural HistoryFollow
Cees Gielis, The NetherlandsFollow
Reed A. Watkins, KensingtonFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2014

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0364: 1–18

Comments

Published in 2014 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsustematicentomology.org/

Copyright held by Deborah L. Matthews, Cees Gielis, and Reed A. Watkins. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License.

Abstract

Three new species of Pselnophorus are described from the Nearctic region. Pselnophorus chihuahuaensis Matthews, Gielis, and Watkins, Pselnophorus hodgesi Matthews, Gielis, and Watkins, and Pselnophorus kutisi Matthews, Gielis, and Watkins, are described and distinguished from the only previously named Nearctic congener Pselnophorus belfragei (Fish). Illustrations of the adults and male and female genitalia are provided along with a key to males.