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The Genus Orenaia in North America, with the Description of a New Species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. G. Munroe
E. G. Munroe
Affiliation:
Insect Systematics and Biological Control Unit, Entomology Division, Ottawa, Canada
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The most recent list of the North American species of Orenaia was given by McDunnough (1939: 14), who referred two species to the genus. In the present paper two nominal species are transferred from Titanio to Orenaia, one as a synonym, and a new species of Orenaia is described.

Titanio and Orenaia agree in the reduced eyes, stout build, hairy vestiture, and noctuid-like facies. However, as was first shown by Müller-Rutz (1929), the genitalia of Orenaia are indistinguishable from those of Evergestis, whereas those of Titanio are of a very different type. The similarity in habitus of the two genera is undoubtedly the result of convergence.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , February 1956 , pp. 74 - 78
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1956

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