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The Illibalis Group of the Genus Palpita Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Eugene Munroe
Eugene Munroe
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Systematic Entomology, Division of Entomology, Ottawa, Canada
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For many years the true members of the illibalis group (usually placed in the wastebasket genus Pyrausta) have been listed as two or three species, under the names gracilalis Hulst, illibalis Hübner, and arsalteulis Walker. I was considerably surprised, therefore, to find several additional species standing, for the most part unrecognized, in North American collections. A further species, haedulalis Hulst, was compared by its author to gracilalis, and was placed by McDunnough (1939) between gracilalis and illibalis; I have seen the badly damaged tvpe of haedulalis in the collection of Rutgers University, and am convinced ihat the species does not belong in the present group.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 84 , Issue 2 , February 1952 , pp. 43 - 55
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1952

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