@article{10.3897/zookeys.788.21222, author = {Paul Z. Goldstein and Daniel H. Janzen and Benjamin Proshek and Tanya Dapkey and Winnie Hallwachs}, title = {A review of Leucosigma Druce, 1908: a newly discovered case of fern-feeding and descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)}, volume = {788}, number = {}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.788.21222}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, abstract = {Chytonidia Schaus, 1914, is one of two noctuine genera originally described by Schaus that includes species recently found to feed on fern foliage (Pteridophyta) as larvae. By examining museum specimens, including type material and reared specimens accompanied by DNA barcode data, Chytonidia Schaus, 1914, syn. n. is synonymized with Leucosigma Druce, 1908, all currently recognized species are re-described, including males of three species described from female holotypes, and three new species are described: Leucosigma solisae Goldstein, sp. n., Leucosigma poolei Goldstein, sp. n., and L. schausi Goldstein, sp. n. Images of adults and, where available, larvae as well as dissected genitalia are presented, with a key to adults.}, issn = {1313-2989}, pages = {87-133}, URL = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.788.21222}, eprint = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.788.21222}, journal = {ZooKeys} }