Taxonomy and biogeography of the Nearctic Raphia Huebner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Raphiinae) Author Schmidt, B. Christian Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, K. W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K 1 A 0 C 6 Author Anweiler, Gary G. E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum, 218 Earth Sciences Building, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T 6 G 2 E 9 text ZooKeys 2014 2014-06-27 421 91 113 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.421.7517 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.421.7517 1313-2970-421-91 4DB3DA2D21B14D269544B4008028D304 FFA88030FFBAFF84A232FFF3FF807607 578387 Raphia frater elbea Smith stat. n. Figs 1q-s , 3 Raphia elbea Smith, 1908 Type material. A male lectotype was designated by Todd (1982) [AMNH]. Type locality: Deming, [Luna Co.,], New Mexico [USA]. Diagnosis and description. Raphia frater elbea is most similar to the pale yellowish-ochre forms of Raphia frater coloradensis , but differ from that subspecies in having both the costal and reniform dark patches more prominent; when present, the black medio-anal patch is also darker and more elongate; additionally, Raphia frater elbea appears to exhibit a unique, divergent mtDNA haplotype group. Biology and distribution. This subspecies occurs from southeastern Utah and western New Mexico southward through Arizona into northern Mexico. In southeastern Arizona it occurs in riparian areas in association with the larval host, Populus fremonti . Flight records are from February to October, with most being from March to May and August to September, indicating at least two generations annually.