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Issue: Vol. 4263 No. 2: 9 May 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.2.8
Page range: 347–357
Abstract views: 111
PDF downloaded: 3

Review of the genus Pityocona Meyrick, 1918 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of five 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 Gelechiidae Pityocona new species China bifurcatus xeropis rice pest

Abstract

The genus Pityocona is reviewed in China. Pityocona longovata sp. nov., P. transovata sp. nov., P. monoprocessa sp. nov., P. mastoidea sp. nov. and P. sinuosa sp. nov. are described as new; P. bifurcatus Wadhawan et Walia originally described from India is widely known in southern China as a pest of rice. Photos of adults and genitalia are provided, along with a key to all the Chinese species.

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