Sympistis khem Troubridge 2008, sp. n.
Creators: name: Troubridge, J. T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Sympistis
Sympistis khem

description: Sympistis khem Troubridge sp. n.   
(Figs. E-12, T-2)  
 Diagnosis. The only species with which S. khem might be confused is S. pallida (Fig. E-16), which has a darker subterminal area on the forewing and much narrower forewing than S. khem. Additionally, the hindwing fringe of S. khem is checkered but in S. pallida the dark gray medial line of the fringe is unbroken.   
 Description. Antennae filiform, head off-white; prothoracic collar cream colored; thorax and tegulae charcoal off-white with sparse scattering of black scales. Forewing length 16-17 mm. Dorsal forewing ground color white or light cream with sparse scattering of black scales, becoming much heavier in subterminal area, particularly near apex; postmedial, antemedial and basal lines black; medial line dark gray; jagged subterminal line off-white; median area between antemedial and postmedial lines very pale rusty brown in holotype, white to pale yellow in paratype; terminal line a series of black crescents between veins; orbicular and reniform spots white with a few dark grayish brown scales in center, faintly outlined with black scales; claviform spot black; fringe gray with off-white basal line, checkered with dark gray between veins. Dorsal hindwing basal area white with scattered light gray scales and veins with scattered gray scales; discal dot light gray; dark gray terminal shade well demarcated, does not blend into discal area; fringe white with median row of dark gray spots between veins. Male genitalia. Unknown. Female genitalia. (Fig. T-2) Ovipositor lobes rounded, apex with long, fine setae, corona of short setae mid way down -these setae arc anteriorly; a ruff of longer, finer setae encircles ovipositor lobes at base; a Y-shaped sclerite occurs on ventral surface of ductus bursae at ostium bursae, ductus bursae about as long as corpus bursae, doubles in width at a point ca. ½ of the way from ostium bursae to appendix bursae; appendix bursae sac-like, narrowing towards ductus seminalis at anterior end, meeting ductus bursae at posterior end; corpus bursae ellipsoidal, about ½ as large as appendix bursae, arises via narrow duct from left side of appendix bursae near ductus bursae.   
 Type material. Holotype female: USA, Utah, Garfield Co., Red Canyon, 12 mi. SE Panguitch, 1 viii 1965, 7200’, F. P. and M. Rindge, in the AMNH. Paratype: 1♀: Utah: Garfield Co., 18 mi. N Escalante, 27 vii 1965, 8000’, F. P. and M. Rindge, 1♀.   
 Etymology. From Egyptian mythology, Khem is the god of reproduction, generation, fertility, harvest, agriculture, plant life, and human fertility. It is a noun in apposition.   
 Distribution. This species has been collected in south-central Utah.
description: Published as part of Troubridge, J. T., 2008, A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini sensu Hodges (1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), with description of a new genus and 50 new species, pp. 1-95 in Zootaxa 1903 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1903.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5134476