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Issue: Vol. 4586 No. 2: 17 Apr. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-04-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.5
Page range: 289–294
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Taxonomic study of the genus Meganola (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae), with three new species and a new record from China

School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
Department of International Cooperation and Exchange, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
Lepidoptera Glossata Noctuoidea Nolini Southern China

Abstract

The paper describes three new species of Meganola (M. subseima sp. n., M. rongjiangensis sp. n. and M. wulongensis sp. n.) from China. Meganola mediofascia (Inoue, 1958) is reported for the first time from China. Adults and genitalia are illustrated.

 

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