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Issue: Vol. 5621 No. 5: 22 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.5.4
Page range: 560-570
Abstract views: 64
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Two new species of Palpifer Hampson (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Yunnan, China

Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500; Asian International River Center, Kunming, 650500, China
Research Associate, OpenScienceLab NZ, Ngaio, New Zealand
School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Changsha, Hunan 410007, China
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500; Asian International River Center, Kunming, 650500, China
Lepidoptera Kunming Honghe DNA barcode genitalia

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Palpifer Hampson, 1893 are described. The first species, named P. qinglai sp. nov. from Yunnan University in Kunming, Yunnan, China, is similar to P. sexnotatus (Moore, 1879) but distinguished by differences in forewing pattern, male genitalia structure and DNA barcode sequence. The second species, named P. bazi sp. nov. from Mengzi, Honghe, Yunnan, China, resembles P. boonei Grehan & Mielke, 2019 but also differs in the same characteristics.

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How to Cite

Xu, Z.-B., Grehan, J.R., Yang, Z.-Y., Gan, H.-L. & Hu, S.-J. (2025) Two new species of Palpifer Hampson (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa, 5621 (5), 560–570. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.5.4