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Issue: Vol. 4353 No. 2: 23 Nov. 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-11-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.12
Page range: 393–398
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 2

A new genus of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) from China with the description of two new species 

H–3530 Miskolc, Mélyvölgy 13/A, Hungary.
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, LT–08412 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, LT–08412 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Lepidoptera

Abstract

Descriptions and diagnoses of a new genus Gracilisinensis gen. nov. and two new species G. vaiva sp. nov. and G. moha sp. nov. are provided. The new genus is placed into the subfamily Psaphidinae, tribe Psaphidini. It is most closely related to the genus Diphtherocome Warren.

 

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