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Horn, David J.

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No. 3 RHOGOSANA GYPONINE LEAFHOPPERS 129of very short apical processes arising ondorsal margin and a pair of longer pro-cesses almost one half length of shaftarising lateroventrally and curving baso-laterally. The latter processes are broad-ned medially. No parameres are present.The pygofer bears a short, bluntly pointedapical spine. Holotype male Vicosa,Brazil, Minas Geraes 111-10-31 E. J.Hambleton Coll. in the U. S. N. Museum.LITERATURE CITEDDeLong, Dwight M. and Paul H. Freytag.1971. Studies of the Gyponinae: Rhogosanaand four new genera, Clinonella, Tuberana,Flexana and Declivara. Jour. Kans. Entomol.Soc.44: 313-324.Osborn, H. 1938. Art II. Neotropical Ho-moptera of the Carnegie Musuem. Part 7.Report on the species of the subfamilyGyponinae. Carnegie Mus. Ann. 27: 11-62,pis. 1-5.CITHERONIA SEPULCRALIS (LE-PIDOPTERA: CITHERONIIDAE) INOHIO.1 The pine devil moth, Citheroniasepulcralis Grote and Robinson, has longbeen regarded as a rare insect limited toAtlantic and Gulf Coast states (Packard1905, Ferguson 1971-2). Published rec-ords for inland states are few (Ky.,Tenn., W. Va.). There are no publishedrecords of its presence north of the OhioRiver, despite the widespread occurrenceof its food plant, pitch pine (Pinusrigida) in southeastern Ohio.From 18 July to 17 August 1972, Mr.A. P. Shen, a graduate student at OhioState, collected 21 C. sepulcralis, mostlymales, at an ultraviolet light trap atBarnebey Center, 8 mi. SW Lancaster,Fairfield Co., Ohio. Peak flight was 6moths on 19 July. The rolling terrain isprimerily covered by an oak-hickory for-est in which pitch pine is common.There are three previously-collectedspecimens of C. sepulcralis in the Ento-mology Collection of The Ohio State!Note received May 6, 1975 (75-26).University. Two inflated larvae werecollected by D. J. and J. N. Knull, 21Aug 1943, Fairfield Co. An adult fe-male bears the label "7-27-99" with nolocality.Probably the lack of Ohio records forC. sepulcralis reflects its relative rarityor insufficient collecting, as the speciesseems to be well established in Fair-field Co. It may well occur elsewhere inassociation with pitch pine in south-eastern Ohio. Moth collectors shouldlook for the large (wingspan to 10 cm)brown moths in late July, and inspectpitch pine for larvae in August.—DAVID J. HORN, Depart, of Ento-mology, The Ohio State University, Co-lumbus 43210.LITERATURE CITEDFerguson, D. C. 1971-2. Bombycoidea, Sa-turniidae. In Dominick, R. B., C. R. Edwards,D. C. Ferguson, J. G. Franclemont, R. W.Hodges, and E. G. Munroe. The moths ofAmerica north of Mexico. Fasc. 20.2 E. W.Classey Publ., London.Packard , A. S. 1905. Monograph of thebombycine moths: Ceratocampidae. Mem.Nat. Acad. Sci. No. 9.

Citheronia Sepulcralis (Lepidoptera: Citheroniidae) in Ohio

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Citheronia Sepulcralis (Lepidoptera: Citheroniidae) in Ohio

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