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Issue: Vol. 4668 No. 4: 12 Sept. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.7
Page range: 543–561
Abstract views: 107
PDF downloaded: 5

A review of the Barsine inflexa Moore, 1878 and the B. flavodiscalis (Talbot, 1926) species-groups, with descriptions of six new species from Indochina, India and China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Altai State University, Lenina Av. 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia National Research Tomsk State University, Lenina Av., 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russia
Tiergartenstrasse 27, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Lepidoptera Asia China India Indonesia Laos Lithosiini Malaysia Myanmar Nepal Thailand new species

Abstract

The Barsine inflexa and the B. flavodiscalis species-groups are reviewed. Six new species are described: B. victoria Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. (North West Myanmar and North East India), B. kanchenjunga Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. (North East India), B. dejeani Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. (South West China: Sichuan), B. thagyamin Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. (North Myanmar), B. hreblayi Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. (North Thailand) and B. siberuta Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. (Indonesia: Siberut Island). Adults, male and female genitalia of all species are illustrated.

 

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