The Haworth, 1809, (: ) in by Vernon Antoine Brou Jr., 74320 Jack Loyd Road, Abita Springs, Louisiana 70420 email: [email protected]

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In the latest checklist of (Hodges, et al, 1983), five species of Phytometra Haworth are listed. In Louisiana, two species occur: Phytometra ernestinana (Blanchard, 1840) and Phytometra rhodarialis (Walker, 1859) (Fig. 1). Both species were previously reported to have been captured in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area by Chapin and Fig.4. Phytometra ernestinana Fig. 5. Phytometra rhodarialis Callahan (1967), who listed parish records. parish records. specimens from non-specific localities outside of East Baton Rouge Parish. My parish records (Figs. 4 and 5) now include East Baton Rouge Parish for both species reported here. P. ernestinana was reported by Covell (1984) to occur from Georgia to and west to , with strays to and . Heppner reported ernestinana occurring (Jan-Dec.) in Florida with the range to include New York to Florida and Kansas to Texas in the eastern United States. P. rhodarialis was reported by Covell (1984) to occur from New Hampshire and Southern Ontario to Florida, west to Missouri and Texas. Heppner reported rhodarialis occurring (Jan-Dec.) in Florida with the range to include Ontario to Florida and to Colorado and Texas. P. rhodarialis has possibly five or more annual broods. Though I have only 26 Louisiana specimens of ernestinana at hand, one could surmise this species also may have an equivalent number of broods, as the dates of capture are spread throughout the same time expanse as rhodarialis (Figs. 2 and 3).

Literature cited Chapin, J.B. and Philip S. Callahan 1967. A list of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Insecta) collected in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Proc. La. Acad. Sci. 30: 39-48. Covell, Jr., C.V. 1984. A field guide to moths eastern . The Peterson Field Guide Series No. 30. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. xv + 496pp., 64 plates. Heppner, J.B. 2003. of Florida and neighboring land areas, vol. 17: Lepidoptera of Florida, Div. Plant Industry, Fla. Dept. Agr. & Consum. Serv., Gainesville. x + 670 pp., 55 plates. Hodges, R.W. et al. 1983. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. E.W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomol. Res. Found., Cambridge: Univ. Press. xxiv + 284 pp. 0 1-Jan 0 1-Jan 0 n = 1639 0 n = 26 0 rhodarialis 0 ernestinana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 4 0 1-Feb 0 1-Feb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 24 0 4 0 1-Mar 0 1-Mar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 7 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 6 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 10 0 12 0 17 0 8 0 17 0 16 24 0 4 17 1-Apr 0 1-Apr 9 0 4 0 5 0 10 0 4 1 5 0 3 0 4 0 6 0 7 0 3 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 6 0 5 0 7 0 4 0 9 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 7 0 4 1 4 0 2 0 4 24 0 4 2 1-May 0 1-May 2 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 7 0 6 0 6 0 3 24 0 4 5 1-Jun 0 1-Jun 5 0 3 0 3 0 7 0 14 0 10 0 15 0 9 0 10 0 8 0 8 0 13 1 16 1 16 0 14 0 17 0 6 0 6 0 16 0 12 0 16 0 20 0 12 0 6 0 13 0 13 0 13 0 11 0 8 24 0 4 12 1-Jul 0 1-Jul 12 1 3 0 6 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 3 0 7 0 8 0 7 0 15 0 9 0 11 0 5 0 15 0 8 0 15 0 5 0 15 0 17 0 19 0 9 0 16 0 18 0 21 0 14 0 15 0 12 0 12 0 13 24 0 4 8 1-Aug 0 1-Aug 7 0 8 0 6 0 7 1 5 0 9 0 13 1 12 1 9 0 10 0 12 0 5 0 7 0 8 0 8 0 7 0 5 0 7 0 8 0 7 0 12 0 15 0 16 2 9 0 10 0 10 0 6 0 8 0 5 0 13 24 0 4 13 1-Sep 0 1-Sep 20 0 13 0 14 0 15 0 14 0 13 0 12 0 17 2 10 0 10 0 13 0 7 0 7 0 10 0 11 1 8 0 9 0 11 0 13 1 9 0 7 1 8 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 24 0 4 0 Oct. 1 0 Oct. 1 5 0 1 0 2 2 5 1 4 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 0 4 0 1-Nov 0 1-Nov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 4 0 1-Dec 0 1-Dec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0