IADIZA 20886
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LAS ZONAS ARIDAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Status and redescription of the South American pest species Agrotis robusta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): a history of misidentifications
Autor/es:
SAN BLAS, GERMÁN; BARRIONUEVO, MARIA JOSE
Revista:
REVISTA MEXICANA DE BIODIVERSIDAD
Editorial:
INST BIOLOGIA
Referencias:
Lugar: México; Año: 2013 vol. 84 p. 1153 - 1158
ISSN:
1870-3453
Resumen:
Agrotis robusta (Blanchard, 1852) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a species of economic importance in South America. This species is considered a pest on seedlings of several crops. Agrotis robusta is commonly confused with and treated as A. malefida Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852, and only a couple of works cite A. robusta for South America and none mention it as a species of economic importance. The aim of this work is to redescribe and illustrate the adult and male and female genitalia of A. robusta, and to provide an identification key to closely related pest species in South America with which A. robusta has been confused. Four new synonymies with A. robusta are established: A. aureolum Schaus, 1898, Scotia koehleri Berio, 1963, S. (Feltia) fulvaurea Köhler, 1966, and S. (F.) ancastiensis Köhler, 1966.
