T. Harrison et S. Passoa, MIRABILIS-FEEDING HELIODINES (LEPIDOPTERA, HELIODINIDAE) IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 97(1), 1995, pp. 63-70
We report finding in central Illinois an example of simultaneous, symp
atric use of Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) Sweet (Nyctaginaceae) by la
rvae of four species of Heliodinidae. The insects involved are Heliodi
nes tripunctella Wlsm., H. nyctaginella Gibson, H. ionis Clarke, and a
n undescribed Heliodines species. We provide a description of the new
moth and keys to adults of the four Illinois species.