The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument 7: A New Species of the Genus Areniscythris (Scythrididae), a Recently Discovered Iconic Species from the Monument

Eric H. Metzler; David C. Lightfoot

doi:10.18473/lepi.v68i3.a16

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23 July 2014 The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument 7: A New Species of the Genus Areniscythris (Scythrididae), a Recently Discovered Iconic Species from the Monument

Eric H. Metzler, David C. Lightfoot

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The J. of the Lepidopterists' Society, 68(3):185-190 (2014). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.v68i3.a16

Abstract

A new species of Scythrididae, Areniscythris whitesands sp. nov. Metzler and Lightfoot, is described from a series of specimens that were found active during the daytime on open bare sand of the white gypsum dunes at White Sands National Monument, Otero Co., New Mexico. Adults and genitalia of the male and female are illustrated, and the bionomy of the species is shortly discussed.

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Eric H. Metzler and David C. Lightfoot "The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument 7: A New Species of the Genus Areniscythris (Scythrididae), a Recently Discovered Iconic Species from the Monument," The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 68(3), 185-190, (23 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.v68i3.a16

Received: 22 August 2013; Accepted: 9 December 2013; Published: 23 July 2014

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