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Issue: Vol. 2777 No. 1: 25 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2777.1.3
Page range: 41–53
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 3

Five new species and one new subspecies of Micronoctuidae from China, with a checklist of Chinese species, including Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea, Micronoctuidae)

Molbechs Alle 49, DK-4180 Sorø, Denmark
School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, CH-150040, China
Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Russia, Vladivostok, RF-690022
Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Micronoctuidae new species checklist China Taiwan

Abstract

Five new species and one subspecies of the family Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) (Bellulia bibella sp. n., Parachrostia pura sp. n., Tactusa virga sp. n., T. flexus sp. n., T. brevis sp. n., and T. discrepans yunnanensis ssp. n.) are described from South China (provinces Yunnan and Guizhou). Three species, Mimachrostia fasciata Sugi, 1982, T. discrepans Fibiger, 2010 and T. pars Fibiger, 2010 are reported from China for the first time. An updated checklist of the Micronoctuidae from China, including Taiwan is presented consisting of 28 species and 2 two subspecies.

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