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June 7 2019 INSECTA 35 urn:lsid:zoobank. A Journal of World Insect Systematics org:pub:1A8C637A-412B-41E9- UNDI M 8395-EA92FA40A239 0708 Additions to the plume moth fauna of The Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) with description of four new species Deborah L. Matthews McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida P.O. Box 112710 Gainesville, FL 32611-2710 Jacqueline Y. Miller McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida P.O. Box 112710 Gainesville, FL 32611-2710 Mark J. Simon McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida P.O. Box 112710 Gainesville, FL 32611-2710 Gary J. Goss Biology Department Palm Beach Atlantic University P.O. Box 24708 West Palm Beach, FL 33416 Date of issue: June 7, 2019 CENTER FOR SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, INC., Gainesville, FL Deborah L. Matthews, Jacqueline Y. Miller, Mark J. Simon, Gary J. Goss Additions to the plume moth fauna of The Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) with description of four new species Insecta Mundi 0708: 1–35 ZooBank Registered: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1A8C637A-412B-41E9-8395-EA92FA40A239 Published in 2019 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/ Insecta Mundi is a journal primarily devoted to insect systematics, but articles can be published on any non- marine arthropod. Topics considered for publication include systematics, taxonomy, nomenclature, checklists, faunal works, and natural history. Insecta Mundi will not consider works in the applied sciences (i.e. medical entomology, pest control research, etc.), and no longer publishes book reviews or editorials. Insecta Mundi publishes original research or discoveries in an inexpensive and timely manner, distributing them free via open access on the internet on the date of publication. 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Miller McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida P.O. Box 112710 Gainesville, FL 32611-2710 [email protected] Mark J. Simon McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida P.O. Box 112710 Gainesville, FL 32611-2710 [email protected] Gary J. Goss Biology Department Palm Beach Atlantic University P.O. Box 24708 West Palm Beach, FL 33416 [email protected] Abstract. Records of Bahamas plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) collected since 2011 are summarized and four new species described: Michaelophorus salensis Matthews, new species, Oidaematophorus androsensis Matthews, new species, Hellinsia bahamensis Matthews, new species, and Hellinsia lucayana Matthews, new species. Species accounts including illustrations of adults and genitalia, diagnoses, larval hosts, habitats, and distributions are provided. Of the 23 species found, new larval host associations are reported for two species while the life histories remain unknown for seven species. Key words. Adaina, Dejongia, Emmelina, Exelastis, Hellinsia, hostplants, Lantanophaga, life history, Liopti- lodes, Lucayan Archipelago, Megalorhipida, Michaelophorus, Oidaematophorus, Postplatyptilia, Stenoptilodes, Sphenarches. Introduction Matthews et al. (2012) summarized the plume moth fauna of The Bahamas and reported 11 species known from material collected up to and including October 2011. Ongoing Lepidoptera surveys of the Lucayan Archipelago have resulted in new records and species of Pterophoridae as well as other families (e.g. Miller et al. 2015, 2018a, b; Brown et al. 2018; Gilligan et al. 2018; Austin et al. 2019) with the total lepidopteran fauna now approaching 1000 species. Additions to the plume moth fauna including the description of four new species are detailed herein. 2 • INSECTA MUNDI 0708, June 2019 MATTHEWS ET AL. Materials and Methods Abbreviations. Collection codens mentioned in the text are: AMNH - American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY; MGCL - McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL; USNM - National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC; CNC - Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, Ottawa, Canada. For brevity in material examined sections, the following collector names have been replaced with initials: DLM - Deborah L. Matthews, JYM - Jacqueline Y. Miller, MJS - Mark J. Simon, GJG - Gary J. Goss, TAL - Terry A. Lott, RMR - Richard M. Rozycki. For preserved material examined, the following abbreviations (singular or plural) are used in conjunction with the number of individual specimens in a vial: L - larva, LS - larval skin/exuvia, P - pupa, PC - pupa case/exuvia. Miscellaneous abbreviations include: AUTEC - Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, and MVL - mercury vapor lamp, UV - ultraviolet or “blacklight”. Abdominal segments are referred to by number preceded by “A”. Field methods. Adult specimens were obtained by spotting and netting them at night with a head lamp, collecting at sheets illuminated by MVL or UV, hand netting adults flying or perching in the vicinity of larval hostplants, or retrieving emerging adults from plastic bags or vials containing hostplant cuttings. Pupae were preserved directly in 70% isopropanol in four-dram glass vials while larvae were first boiled in water using a metal coffee cup and immersion heater. Thirteen major islands (Abaco, Cat, Crooked, Eleuthera, Exuma, Grand Bahama, Inagua, Long, Mayaguana, New Providence, North Andros, San Salvador, and South Andros) (Fig. 1) were sampled since October 2011, with individual trips covering one or two islands lasting up to 12 days. Multiple sites were sampled daily by searching hostplants while collecting with lights occurred at a different remote location each night in addition to lodging areas. A variety of habitats were sampled such as Caribbean pinelands, various types of coppice, mangrove, beach, coastal rocklands, and disturbed sites. Morphological study. Genitalia were dissected after tissue maceration in heated 10% KOH, lightly stained in Chlorazol Black E and Eosin Y, and slide mounted in Euparal or Canada balsam. Genitalia slides were photographed at manually selected multiple focal planes using a Canon Rebel T3i camera mounted on a Zeiss Axiophoto transmitted light microscope in conjunction with Canon EOS Utility software. Adults were photographed with a Canon 70D camera and Canon 100mm IS macro lens against a standard gray background in a white reflective light funnel illuminated with OttLite bulbs. Adult images and genitalia images were stacked as needed with Zerene Stacker, version 1.04 using the DMap algorithm and images were assembled on the plates with Adobe Photoshop CS5.1. Adult habitus images are scaled to the same size on plates but