Psectrotarsia

Pogue, Michael G., 2007, Revision of the Genus Psectrotarsia Dognin, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae), Zootaxa 1637, pp. 1-19 : 3

Key to the species of Psectrotarsia

1. Forewing ground color yellow with brown markings, no pink; Peru..................................................... flava

1’. Forewing with pink.......................................................................................................................................2

2. Forewing predominately yellow; central and southwestern North America....................................... suavis

2’. Forewing predominately pink; eastern North America, Mexico, and Guatemala.......................................3

3. Forewing yellow and dark pink; hindwing dark pinkish-gray; eastern North America................... hebardi

3’. Forewing yellow and bright pink; hindwing gray........................................................................................4

4. Male genitalia with posterior margin of valve straight, apex of ampulla projecting above costal margin of valve; corona with less than 10 setae; Guatemala....................................................................... rhodophora

4’. Male genitalia with posterior margin of valve curved from sacculus to widest valve width, apex of ampulla not projecting above costal margin of valve; corona with more than 10 setae; Mexico..... euposis