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Issue: Vol. 4999 No. 2: 9 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.2.1
Page range: 101-116
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Five new species of Limacodidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea) from South-East Asia

Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Department of Biology and Chemistry, sq. Lenina 4/5, RUS-432072, Ulyanovsk, Russia.
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, LT-08412, Vilnius-21, Lithuania.
China DNA barcoding Euphlyctina Griseothosea Iragoides Laos Narosoideus Sansarea taxonomy Thailand Lepidoptera

Abstract

The species Iragoides dudai sp. nov. from China (Sichuan), Euphlyctina butvilai sp. nov. from China (Zhejiang and Yunnan), Sansarea alenae sp. nov. from China (Yunnan), Narosoideus witti sp. nov. from China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, and Jiangxi), Griseothosea mousta sp. nov. from China (Yunnan), Thailand (Chiang Mai, Nan and Chiang Dao), and Laos (Luang Namtha and Luang Prabang) are described as new to science. The taxonomical status of dark and pale forms of Iragoides crispa (Swinhoe, 1890) is discussed.

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