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Issue: Vol. 1755 No. 1: 24 Apr. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-04-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1755.1.5
Page range: 61–67
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 1

The genus Pselnophorus Wallengren from Mainland China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

College of life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China Tianjin Natural History Museum, Tianjin 300074, P. R. China
College of life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
Lepidoptera Pterophoridae Pselnophorus new species Mainland China

Abstract

Three species of the genus Pselnophorus have been found in the Mainland China. Pselnophorus brevispinus sp. nov. is described and the female of P. emeishanensis Arenberger is reported for the first time. Images of the adults and illustration of the genital structures are provided, along with a key to the species from the Mainland China.

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