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SUBMITTER: Goldstein PZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6189229 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Goldstein Paul Z PZ Janzen Daniel H DH Proshek Benjamin B Dapkey Tanya T Hallwachs Winnie W
ZooKeys 20181008 788
<i>Chytonidia</i> Schaus, 1914, is one of two noctuine genera originally described by Schaus that includes species recently found to feed on fern foliage (Pteridophyta) as larvae. By examining museum specimens, including type material and reared specimens accompanied by DNA barcode data, <i>Chytonidia</i> Schaus, 1914, <b>syn. n.</b> is synonymized with <i>Leucosigma</i> Druce, 1908, all currently recognized species are re-described, including males of three species described from female holotyp ...[more]