title: A new cryptic Sympistis from eastern North America revealed by novel larval phenotype and host plant association (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Oncocnemidinae).
abstract: A Triosteum-feeding species of Sympistis is described from eastern North America: Sympistis forbesi sp. n. Identity of the new species is most reliably determined from larval morphology and host plant association-both adult scaling and genitalic characters overlap with those of Sympisitis chionanthi, a Chionanthus and Fraxinus feeder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043, USA.
authors.forename: Brigette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zacharczenko
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043, USA.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: 3079 Coldwater Creek Road, Cresco, Iowa, 52136, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Jane
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hatfield
keywords: Caprifoliaceae; Cryptic species; Triosteum; iridoid glycosides; unequal evolutionary rates