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Issue: Vol. 5609 No. 3: 21 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.3.9
Page range: 437-444
Abstract views: 146
PDF downloaded: 6

Two new species of the genus Arctornis Germar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from China

Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou; 510642; China
Chao’an Fenghuangshan Provincial Nature Reserve; Chaozhou; Guangdong; 515655; China
Chao’an Fenghuangshan Provincial Nature Reserve; Chaozhou; Guangdong; 515655; China
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou; 510642; China
Lepidoptera Arctornis lingnana Arctornis harpeforma Fenghuangshan host plant larvae

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Arctornis Germar, A. lingnana sp. nov. and A. harpeforma sp. nov., are described from Fenghuangshan Provincial Nature Reserve, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China. Illustrations of their adults, genitalia, larvae are provided, with records of their host plants.

 

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