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Issue: Vol. 5188 No. 3: 19 Sept. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-09-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.3
Page range: 264-274
Abstract views: 249
PDF downloaded: 42

The monotypic genus Nephelobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae): two new species from Laos and a newly combined species from Korea

DASARI Research Institute of BioResources, Dunsan-daero, 117 beon-gil, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35203, South Korea.
Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22012, South Korea
Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22012, South Korea
Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22012, South Korea
Lepidoptera Torulisquama Sinibotys new combination taxonomy Oriental Region

Abstract

The genus Nephelobotys is newly recorded from Laos and two new species Nephelobotys denticulatus sp. nov. and Nephelobotys forcipatus sp. nov. are newly described. Nephelobotys evenoralis (Walker, 1859) comb. nov., is also newly reported from Korea. Illustrations of adults and genitalia are provided. The differences with related genus Torulisquama Zhang & Li, 2010 are briefly discussed.

 

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