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Issue: Vol. 5433 No. 2: 5 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.2.7
Page range: 277-288
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Rediscovery of the genus Saigonita Kiriakoff (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Agaristinae), with an updated checklist of Agaristinae from China

Arthropoda Department; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Museum Koenig; Adenauer Allee 127; Bonn 53113; Germany; Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510642; Guangdong; China
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510642; Guangdong; China
Guangdong Academy of Forestry; Guangzhou 510520; Guangdong; China
Lepidoptera Himalaya Indochina taxonomy Vietnam

Abstract

The enigmatic agaristine genus Saigonita Kiriakoff, 1971 is rediscovered and recorded from Hainan, Southern China for the first time. The adults are illustrated for the first time. The generic characters of Saigonita are also discussed and modified. An updated checklist of the members of Agaristinae from China is presented, and a new synonym is proposed: Cruriopsis funebris (Moore, 1872) = Callimorpha nigralba Fang, 2000, syn. nov.

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