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Issue: Vol. 4425 No. 1: 29 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.1.6
Page range: 108–114
Abstract views: 77
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new species of Lecithocera Herrich-Shäffer, 1853 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from Taiwan, with a check list of the genus in Taiwan

Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012 Rep. of Korea; The Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Prov., 13630 Rep. of Korea.
Lepidoptera new taxa Oriental region

Abstract

Three new species of Lecithocera Herrich-Shäffer, 1853; L. quadratiella sp. nov., L. nantouensis sp. nov., and L. meishanensis sp. nov., are described from Taiwan. External and genital features of the new species are illustrated. A check list of the known species of Lecithocera in Taiwan is provided.

 

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