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Issue: Vol. 5693 No. 4: 19 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.8
Page range: 575-582
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Two new species and three new records of the genus Nygmia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Xizang, China

Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Xizang Plateau (Institute of Plateau Ecology; Xizang Agricultural & Animal Husbandry University); Ministry of Education; Linzhi; Xizang 860000; China
Central South Inventory and Planning Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration; Changsha; Hunan 410014; China.
College of Plant Science; Xizang Agriculture & Animal Husbandry University; Linzhi; Xizang 860000; China.
Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Xizang Plateau (Institute of Plateau Ecology; Xizang Agricultural & Animal Husbandry University); Ministry of Education; Linzhi; Xizang 860000; China
Lepidoptera Nygmiini genitalia adults taxonomy distribution

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Nygmia Hübner, 1820, Nygmia wui Pan & Ouyang, sp. nov. and N. damuensis Pan & Ouyang, sp. nov., are described as new, and three species, Nygmia quadrangularis (Moore, 1879), Nygmia marginata (Moore, 1879), and Nygmia insulata (Wileman, 1910) are newly recorded in Xizang, China. Adults and genitalia are illustrated.

 

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How to Cite

Ouyang, S.-Q., Zhang, T., Yu, X. & Pan, Z. (2025) Two new species and three new records of the genus Nygmia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Xizang, China. Zootaxa, 5693 (4), 575–582. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.8