Abagrotis benjamini Franclemont

Goldstein, Paul Z. & Nelson, Michael W., 2017, Two psammophilic noctuids newly associated with beach plum, Prunusmaritima (Rosaceae): The Dune Noctuid (Sympistisriparia) and Coastal Heathland Cutworm (Abagrotisbenjamini) in Northeastern North America (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), ZooKeys 661, pp. 61-89 : 69-70

Abagrotis benjamini Franclemont stat. rev.

Material examined.

Type material ( Abagrotis crumbi benjamini Franclemont, 1955)

Holotype. (Fig. 16a, b). New York: E.N.Y. 7.17.00; Collection BrklynMus; Acc. 17,151; ♂ Gen. #1203 F.H.B. 17 July 1935; HOLOTYPE Abagrotis crumbi benjamini J.G. Franclemont.

Slide labels [Paratypes]: (Fig. 22a, b) USNM 36838 ♂; ♂ Gen. #1202 Lampra crumbi n. sp. var. E.N.Y. A.C. Weeks 7.17.00 Coll. Brklyn Mus. F.H.B. 17 July 1935. Paratypes (2 of 5♂, 3 of 3♀ designated by Franclemont): New York: East New York (2♂, 1♀). Connecticut: East River (1♀). Location uncertain: "Collection J.B. Smith" (1♀).

Other material examined.

(not including ~13 with DNA barcodes pending)

MASSACHUSETTS (28♂, 18♀): Edgartown (1♂, 2♀): Katama Plain 41°21.472'N, 70°31.256'W, 19 June 2010 (1♂); Wintucket Cove frost bottom 24 July 1991 (1♀); Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary 7 VII 1989 P.Z. Goldstein, leg. (1♀). Aquinnah (22♂, 15♀): East Pasture Road, 41°20.494'N, 70°47.248'W, @ UV Trap: 30 June 2013 (1♂, 1♀); 1 July 2011 (1♂); 15 July 2011 (1♂); off Moshup Trail/E. of Moshup Trail, 41.324894, -70.810698 / 41°19'29.6'N, 70°48'38.5'W (7♂, 7♀): 17 vii 2003 (3♂, 1♀) [USNM Dissection #s 148015♂; 148029♂ (Fig. 23); 148031♂]; 17 July 2015 (1♀) Barcode of Life DNA voucher specimen SampleID CCDB-28975-E01 BOLD Proc ID LNAUU 1474-15; USNM Dissection #148022♀; 31 July 2014 (1♀); 17 July 2003 (3♂, 4♀); 41°19.382'N, 70°48.66'W, 14 August 2002 (1♂); off Moshup Trail, above Zack’s Cliffs, 41°19.384'N, 70°48.655'W, (5♂, 1♀): 10 Sept 2002 (3♂); 8 sept 2011 [USNM Dissection 148028♂] (1♂); 12 Sept 2010 (1♂, 1♀); Lobsterville, 41°20'49.7'N, 70°46'54.5'W, (7♂, 6♀): 22 Sept 2012 148026♀ (1♀); 23 August 2012 (2♀); 5 July 2015 148021♂ USNMENT01203938 (1♂); 30 Aug 2014 148019♀ USNMENT01203918 (1♀) (Fig. 17a, b); 3 October 2014 148020♀USNMENT01203909 (1♀); 19 July 2012 (3♂, 1♀); 22 Sept 2012 (3♂). West Tisbury (5♂, 1♀): Long Point Wildlife Refuge, maritime heathland E. of Long Cove Pond 41°21.232'N, 70°37.864'W, (2♂, 1♀) 29 June 2010 @ UV trap (USNM Dissection #s 148030♂; 148056♀; 148016♂); 41°21.571'N, 70°36.031'W, 14 June 2010 @ UV trap (1♂); 41°21.572'N, 70°36.032'W, 29 August 2010 @ UV trap (1♂); Maritime heath W. of Long Cove Pond 41°21.165'N, 70°38.328'W, 10 September 2010 @ UV trap (1♂).

Diagnosis.

Forewing ground color ranging from pale gray brown to, more commonly, a rusty brown, occasionally reddish brown (paprika colored), never dark; both FW and soma more heavily peppered with black scales than in Abagrotis nefascia ; both fasciae and subterminal line (as dashes on underside, scalloping on upperside) less conspicuous than in Abagrotis nefascia . Scobinate patch on vesicae of male genitalia with 12 or fewer denticles, at least two of them markedly larger than others. Female bursa with a single signum.