Three new species of the genus Psychonoctua Grote, 1865 from Argentina and the Caribbean Islands (Lepidoptera: Cossidae, Zeuzerinae)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.363

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Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Zeuzerinae, Psychonoctua, new species, fauna, taxonomy, Neotropical

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The paper describes three new species, Psychonoctua cracens Yakovlev, Penco & Naydenov, sp. n. (type locality-Cayman), P. ravida Yakovlev, Penco & Naydenov, sp. n. (type locality-Barbados), and P. diiorioi Yakovlev, Penco & Naydenov, sp. n. (type locality-NW Argentina), with nine figures.

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2020-09-30

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Yakovlev, R. V., Penco, F. C., & Naydenov, A. E. (2020). Three new species of the genus Psychonoctua Grote, 1865 from Argentina and the Caribbean Islands (Lepidoptera: Cossidae, Zeuzerinae). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 48(191), 499–505. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.363

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