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Issue: Vol. 4226 No. 2: 26 Jan. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-01-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.2.8
Page range: 283–291
Abstract views: 144
PDF downloaded: 6

Genus Apethistis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae: Autostichinae) new to China, with description of four new species

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

Abstract

The genus Apethistis Meyrick, 1908 is recorded for the first time in China. Four new species are described: A. sinuata sp. nov., A. uncinata sp. nov., A. dentata sp. nov., and A. triangula sp. nov. Images of adult and genitalia of the new species are provided.

 

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