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Issue: Vol. 5004 No. 1: 19 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.1.2
Page range: 58-66
Abstract views: 333
PDF downloaded: 24

Two new species of the genus Nephelomilta Hampson (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from China and Indonesia

Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia.
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Frunze str. 11, RF-630091, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China.
Kitazawa 5-20-1-103, Setagaya, Tokyo, 155-0031 Japan.
Borneo Java Lithosiini new record Nudariina Lepidoptera

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Nephelomilta Hampson, 1900 are described: Nephelomilta wangmini sp. n. (China, Guangdong) and Nephelomilta devosi sp. n. (Indonesia, West Java). Nephelomilta diehli Volynkin & Černý, 2018 is reported from the island of Borneo (Indonesia) for the first time. Adults and male genitalia of the new and the similar species are illustrated.

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