Acossus centerensis (Lintner)

Schmidt, B. Christian & Jaeger, Christi M., 2024, A new species of Acossus Dyar (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) establishes diurnal flight in New World carpenter-moths, Canadian Journal of Zoology 102 (11), pp. 871-879 : 872

Acossus centerensis (Lintner)

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Figures

Figs. 1–2. Adult Acossus. 1a Poplar Carpenter-moth (Acossus centerensis) ♂, Burnt Lands Rd., Ottawa district, Ontario; 1b Poplar Carpenter-moth(Acossus centerensis) ♀,Edmunston,NewBrunswick; 1c.Cossus centerensis LintnerLECTOTYPEandoriginallabels; 2a LesserPoplarCarpenter-moth(Acossus boreocryptus) ♂,HOLOTYPE,BurntLandsRd.,Ottawadistrict,Ontario; 2b LesserPoplar Carpenter-moth (Acossus boreocryptus) ♀, PARATYPE, Hanwell, New Brunswick, DNA barcode voucher # CNCLEP00298974.

Fig. 3. Postmedial portion of left forewing of Poplar Carpenter-moth Acossus centerensis. Note larger black scales and denser scale arrangement compared to Lesser Poplar Carpenter-moth (Acossus boreocryptus) (Fig. 4b).

Figs. 5–6. Male genitalia of Poplar Carpenter-moth Acossus centerensis (5) and Lesser Poplar Carpenter-moth Acossus boreocryptus (6). Valvae (va) and juxta (jx) have been disarticulated from the genital capsule for visual clarity; phallus (ph) with inflatedvesicaorientedtotherightandventralsurfacefacing downwards (c).