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Issue: Vol. 4312 No. 1: 28 Aug. 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-08-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.9
Page range: 180–184
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 3

On the taxonomy of the genus Barsochrista Singh & Kirti, 2016 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Altai State University, Lenina str. 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia; Tomsk State University, Institute of Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Agriculture and Forestry, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russia. Altai State University, Lenina str. 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia
Altai State University, Lenina str. 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia
Lepidoptera Erebidae Arctiinae

Abstract

The Asura / Miltochrista generic complex is one of the largest and taxonomically most difficult Lithosiini groups, including several hundreds of species, most of which occur in the Oriental Tropics. At present the complex includes about 25 valid genera as well as several generic taxa of unclear status, and some species groups not established taxonomically that probably represent distinct genera or subgenera (Holloway 2001; Kirti & Singh 2016; Volynkin 2016).

 

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