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Issue: Vol. 5722 No. 4: 21 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.5
Page range: 543-554
Abstract views: 30
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Six new cryptic species of Ourapteryx Leach (Geometridae: Ennominae) from Asia

State Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; No.1; Beichen West Road; Chaoyang District; Beijing; China; 100101.
State Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; No.1; Beichen West Road; Chaoyang District; Beijing; China; 100101.; Institute of Xizang Plateau Ecology; Xizang Agricultural & Animal Husbandry University; Linzhi; Xizang 860000; China.
State Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; No.1; Beichen West Road; Chaoyang District; Beijing; China; 100101.
Lepidoptera China DNa barcoding morphology Vietnam

Abstract

The genus Ourapteryx Leach, 1814, which is primarily distributed in the Palearctic and Oriental regions, reaches its highest species diversity in China. In the present study, six previously unrecognized species from Asia are described and illustrated, i.e., O. mediofurca sp. nov., O. angusta sp. nov., O. parainouei sp. nov., O. tachengensis sp. nov., O. qinlingensis sp. nov. and O. zhui sp. nov. These taxa were confirmed as distinct species through combined molecular and morphological analyses (Cheng et al., 2025b). Diagnostic characters in comparison with allied congeners are provided together with illustrations of external morphology and genitalia.

 

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How to Cite

Cheng, R., Wen, B. & Han, H. (2025) Six new cryptic species of Ourapteryx Leach (Geometridae: Ennominae) from Asia. Zootaxa, 5722 (4), 543–554. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.5