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NEW SPECIES OF APILOCROCIS WITH A KEY TO KNOWN SPECIES (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Eugene Munroe
Eugene Munroe
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

The following new species of Apilocrocis Amsel are described: A. novateutonialis, Brazil and Bolivia; A. yucatanalis, Mexico; A. pseudocephalis, Mexico; A. steinbachi, Bolivia. The following species are transferred to Apilocrocis from Syllepte Hübner: S. excelsalis Schaus, S. glaucosia Hampson, S. albicupralis Hampson = S. mitanalis Schaus, new synonymy, S. cephalis (Walker) = Pilocrocis microbathra Meyrick, new synonymy, S. albipunctalis Hampson, S. brumalis Barnes and McDunnough, S. pimalis Barnes and Benjamin. A key to these 11 species is given.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 4 , April 1968 , pp. 441 - 448
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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