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Issue: Vol. 4455 No. 3: 3 Aug. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-08-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.13
Page range: 571–581
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 2

Revision of the Hoplodrina implacata group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Caradrinini) of Taiwan, with descriptions of four new species

Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, No.128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nangang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo 4-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-0005 Japan
Palaearctic region Oriental region Caradrinina species complex endemism Taiwan Lepidoptera

Abstract

The noctuid taxon Hoplodrina implacata species complex comprises so far five species ranging in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Previously only H. implacata (Wileman & West, 1929) was recorded in Taiwan. The present study reviews this group in Taiwan, totally four new species, i.e., H. cienensis sp. nov., H. obscura sp. nov., H. bunun sp. nov., H. kononenkoi sp. nov, are described and a key to all Taiwanese species is given.

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