A Tale of Two Caterpillars and Reclassification of Cerathosia Smith and Cydosia Duncan [& Westwood] (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

David L. Wagner; Kevin L. Keegan; Berry B. Nall; Valerie G. Bugh; Jadranka Rota

doi:10.18473/lepi.73i1.a1

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David L. Wagner,¹ Kevin L. Keegan,¹ Berry B. Nall,² Valerie G. Bugh,³ Jadranka Rota⁴

¹Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043, USA E-mails: david.wagner@uconn.edu, kevin.keegan@uconn.edu
²PO Box 22, Falcon Heights, TX 78545, USA, E-mail: lb@thenalls.net
³4605 Saloma Place, Austin, TX 78749-3733, USA E-mail: larvalbug@att.net
⁴Biological Museum, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62 Lund, Sweden E-mail: jadranka.rota@biol.lu.se

Abstract

The life histories of Cerathosia tricolor Smith and Cydosia aurivitta Grote & Robinson are briefly described and their larvae figured. Data from seven gene regions (>5,500 base pairs) as well as larval morphology suggest both moths are misclassified in Eustrotiinae and Cydosiinae, respectively: Cerathosia Smith is transferred to Stiriinae, Cydosia Duncan [& Westwood] is transferred to Metoponiinae, and Cydosiinae is reduced to a tribe within Metoponiinae.

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David L. Wagner, Kevin L. Keegan, Berry B. Nall, Valerie G. Bugh, and Jadranka Rota "A Tale of Two Caterpillars and Reclassification of Cerathosia Smith and Cydosia Duncan [& Westwood] (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)," The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 73(1), 1-4, (22 April 2019). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.73i1.a1

Received: 28 January 2018; Accepted: 9 December 2018; Published: 22 April 2019