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 cinderella Smith stat. n. Figs 1n , 3 Raphia cinderella Smith, 1903. Type material. A male lectotype was designated by Todd (1982) [AMNH]. Type locality: Los Angeles Co., Cal. [California, USA]. Diagnosis and description. Raphia frater cinderella is a Californian subspecies that is similar in size and colour to Raphia frater coloradensis , but with a more diffuse, poorly contrasting forewing pattern that usually lacks the pronouncedly darker reniform and costal dark patches. The forewing ground colour is also pale powdery grey, not pale ochre as it often is in coloradensis . The two taxa appear to intergrade in the Siskiyous and northern Sierra Nevada. Biology and distribution. The range of this subspecies is restricted to central and southern California west of the Sierra Nevada. Fremont Cottonwood and willows are the most likely larval hosts, although records specific to this subspecies are lacking. Most collection dates are from June; Records from Stanislaus Co. for April - May and July may indicate a second generation.