Thraumata, a new genus from South America with description of a new species from Peru (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Paul Z Goldstein; Alberto Zilli

doi:10.3897/zookeys.867.28728

Thraumata, a new genus from South America with description of a new species from Peru (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Zookeys. 2019 Jul 31:867:139-160. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.867.28728. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Paul Z Goldstein¹, Alberto Zilli²

Affiliations

¹ Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, National Museum of Natural History, E-502, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 168, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA United States Department of Agriculture Washington United States of America.
² Life Sciences, Insects Division, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK The Natural History Museum London United Kingdom.

Abstract

Thraumata gen. nov. is described to accommodate three South American species, two previously placed in Phuphena Walker, 1858, namely Thraumata petrovna (Schaus, 1904), comb. nov. and Thraumata subvenata (Schaus, 1914), comb. nov.; and one, Thraumata peruviensia sp. nov., newly described from Peru. Although the larval biology is unknown, these species share several features that suggest their placement in Eriopinae and, as a consequence, a potential association with ferns (Pteridophyta) as larval host plants.

Keywords: Noctuidae; Phuphena; Peru; owlet moths; systematics.