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Issue: Vol. 5222 No. 1: 16 Dec. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-12-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.1.2
Page range: 37-48
Abstract views: 254
PDF downloaded: 57

Description of eight new species of the genus Irepacma Moriuti, Saito & Lewvanich (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Lepidoptera Microlepidoptera Gelechioidea taxonomy Periacma

Abstract

Eight new species of the genus Irepacma Moriuti, Saito & Lewvanich, 1985 are described based on specimens collected in China: I. bispicifera Wang, sp. nov., I. curticylindra Wang, sp. nov., I. denticulata Wang, sp. nov., I. flaviptera Wang, sp. nov., I. longiflagellata Wang, sp. nov., I. rotunda Wang, sp. nov., I. spiculosa Wang, sp. nov., I. tengchongensis Wang, sp. nov. Periacma isomora Meyrick, 1910 is transferred to the genus Irepacma: I. isomora (Meyrick, 1910), comb. nov. Images of adults and genitalia are provided.

 

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