The Euzophera (Pyralidae: Phycitinae) species of Louisiana by Vernon Antoine Brou Jr., 74320 Jack Loyd Road, Abita Springs, Louisiana 70420 email [email protected]

Seven species of the genus Euzophera are known to occur in North America (Neunzig 1990), and three are listed by Hodges (1983). Three species (Fig. 1) occur in Louisiana: Euzophera semifuneralis (Wlk.), Euzophera magnolialis Capps, and Euzophera ostricolorella Hulst. Euzophera nigricantella Rag. is known from Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico (Heinrich, 1956). E. ostricolorella is pictured by Covell (1984), and is reported to feed on (tulip tree) Liriodendron tulipifera L. Neunzig (1990) revised the synonomy status of E. semifuneralis and Euzophera aglaeella Rag., raising aglaeella to full species, and he described two new species: Euzophera habrella Neunzig, and Euzophera vinnulella Neunzig.

The two species, semifuneralis and ostricolorella were listed to occur in Florida by Kimball (1965). E magnolialis is reported to feed on Magnolia grandiflora L. Both ostricolorella and magnolialis have been taken only in St. Tammany Parish, semifuneralis in Tangipahoa, St. John the Baptist, St Tammany, and West Feliciana parishes (Fig. 2). The flight periods of all three Louisiana Euzophera species are depicted in figs. 3, 4, and 5.

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Fig. 1 The adult Euzophera species of Louisiana: Fig. 2 Parish records for Euzophera species: a. E. ostricolorella , b. E. semifuneralis , c. E. magnolialis . (o) ostricollorella , (s) semifuneralis , (m) magnolialis . 5 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

number of adults 0 Fig. 3 Euzophera semifuneralis (Wlk.) captured at sec24T6SR12E, 4.2 mi. NE Abita Springs, St. Tammany Par., Louisiana. n = 79

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number of adults 0 Fig. 4 Euzophera magnolialis Capps captured at sec24T6SR12E, 4.2 mi. NE Abita Springs, St.Tammany Par., Louisiana. n = 81

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0 Fig. 5 Euzophera ostricolorella Hulst captured at sec24T6SR12E, 4.2 mi. NE Abita Springs, St. Tammany Par., Louisiana. n = 512 Literature Cited Capps, Hahn W. 1964. Description of a new species of Euzophera (Zeller) attacking magnolias and notes on two related species. Fla. Ent. 47:1, 49-52. Covell, C. V. 1984. A field guide to moths of eastern North America. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 469 pp. Heinrich, C. 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 207: 1-597. Hodges, R. W. (Ed). 1983. Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. E. W. Classey Ltd. & The Wedge Entomol. Res. Foundation, Cambridge Univ. Press. 284 pp. Kimball, C. P. , 1965. Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas, Vol. 1: Lepidoptera of Florida. Gainesville: Div. Plant Industry, Fla. Dept. of Agr. Neunzig, H. H. 1990. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae (part) in Dominick, R. B., et al., Thr Moths of America North of Mexico, fasc. 15.3. 0 Euzophera ostricollaria 0 Euzophera magnolialis 0 0 n = 512 0 n = 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 10 0 5 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 4 3 0 5 1 0 0 10 0 5 0 5 1 0 4 0 0 6 1 0 7 0 0 10 1 0 2 3 0 8 2 2 0 4 1 5 2 0 2 4 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 10 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 10 0 5 0 7 0 1 6 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 1 2 1 1 6 0 1 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 8 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 10 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 6 10 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 7 1 1 6 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 13 1 1 7 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 3 0 0 5 1 0 8 0 0 13 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 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 10 0 5 0 Euzophera semifuneralis n = 79

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