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Issue: Vol. 5270 No. 1: 19 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.1.7
Page range: 124-132
Abstract views: 290
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A new species of the genus Eterusia Hope from western China (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae)

Arthropoda Department; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig; Adenauerallee 127; Bonn 53113; Germany
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510642; Guangdong; China
1-27-21; Sangenjaya; Setagaya-ku; Tokyo; 154-0024 Japan
Arthropoda Department; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig; Adenauerallee 127; Bonn 53113; Germany
Lepidoptera burnet moth Himalaya new species speciation taxonomy

Abstract

A new species Eterusia sinoraja Huang & Horie sp. n. is described from western Sichuan Province, western China. The comparison is made with the reminiscent E. raja Moore, 1859 from northeastern India. The adult and genitalia of both sexes of the aforementioned taxa are illustrated.

 

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