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Issue: Vol. 3796 No. 2: 19 May 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.3
Page range: 265–286
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 32

Review of the genus Thliptoceras Warren, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Oriental region of China

Institute of Entomology, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China
Institute of Entomology, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China
Institute of Entomology, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China
Lepidoptera Crambidae Pyraustinae Thliptoceras new species

Abstract

The species of the genus Thliptoceras Warren, 1890 from the Oriental region of China are reviewed, and a description of the genus is given. Five new species, T. bicuspidatum sp. nov., T. semicirculare sp. nov., T. bisulciforme sp. nov., T. filamentosum sp. nov. and T. impube sp. nov. are described. T. fulvimargo (Warren, 1895) is newly recorded for China. A key to the species of the Oriental region of China is provided, along with diagnoses for previously described species. Illustrations of external features and genitalia are presented.