Two New Day-Flying Species of Agrotis Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from the Alpine Summit of the Maunakea Volcano

Authors

Matthew J. Medeiros, The Urban School of San Francisco; University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Jessica Kirkpatrick, University of HawaiiFollow
Christine H. Elliott, University of HawaiiFollow
Andersonn Prestes, University of HawaiiFollow
Jesse Eiben, University of HawaiiFollow
Daniel Rubinoff, University of HawaiiFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Publication Title

Zootaxa

Volume

4545

Issue

2

First page number:

277

Last page number:

285

Abstract

Two new endemic Hawaiian species of Agrotis Ochsenheimer (Noctuidae) are described: A. helela and A. kuamauna. Both species are day-flying and occur at high-elevations. Observations of adult and larval morphology and biology are included, as well as illustrations of adult moths and genitalia for both sexes.

Keywords

Lepidoptera; Hawaiʻi; Mauna Kea; Maunakea; Mauna Loa; Maunaloa; Noctuinae; Morphology; Taxonomy

Disciplines

Life Sciences

Language

English

Repository Citation

Medeiros, M. J., Kirkpatrick, J., Elliott, C. H., Prestes, A., Eiben, J., Rubinoff, D. (2019). Two New Day-Flying Species of Agrotis Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from the Alpine Summit of the Maunakea Volcano. Zootaxa, 4545(2), 277-285.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4545.2.7