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Issue: Vol. 3239 No. 1: 20 Mar. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3239.1.5
Page range: 58–63
Abstract views: 77
PDF downloaded: 5

Four new species of the genus Casmara Walker, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
Lepidoptera Oecophoridae Casmara new species China

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Casmara Walker are described based on specimens collected in China: C. quadrilatera sp.nov., C. acantha sp. nov., C. longiclavata sp. nov., and C. aduncata sp. nov. Illustrations of the adults and male genitalia are provided.

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