00863nas a2200109   4500008004100000245010100041210006900142300001300211520045300224100001800677856005800695       2005                        eng d00aContribution to the taxonomy and faunistics of the genus Meropleon Dyar (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)0 aContribution to the taxonomy and faunistics of the genus Merople  a812 -8193 aA new species of owlet moth, Meropleon linae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Kansas, is described and illustrated. Meropleon linae is distinguished from other species of Meropleon by forewing color and pattern, shape of thevalva, and structure of the aedoeagus. Meropleon linae is most similar morphologically to M. cinnamicolor Ferguson. New distribution records for M. ambifuscum (Newman) and the first record for M. titan Todd in Kansas are given.1 aMetlevski, J.  uhttp://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17159757