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Issue: Vol. 5748 No. 2: 13 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.2.4
Page range: 230-242
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First records of the genus Macrobathra Meyrick, 1883 (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) from Taiwan, with description of a new species and two newly recorded species

Department of Life Science; National Taiwan Normal University; Taipei City 116; Taiwan; R.O.C.; Department of Biological Resources; National Chiayi University; No. 300 Syuefu Rd.; Chiayi City 60004; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Department of Biological Resources; National Chiayi University; No. 300 Syuefu Rd.; Chiayi City 60004; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Department of Life Science; National Taiwan Normal University; Taipei City 116; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Lepidoptera new record new species Microlepidoptera

Abstract

Macrobathra Meyrick, 1883 is a cosmopterigid genus, comprising over 130 species. The present study documents the genus in Taiwan for the first time with two newly recorded species, M. flavidus Qian & Liu, 1997 and M. latipterophora Li & Wang, 2004, and a new species, M. basilutea Lu, Liang & Hsu, sp. nov., is described herein. Images of adults and genitalia of both sexes are provided for the new species, along with a key to the Macrobathra species from Taiwan. DNA barcodes of the three species are provided. A host plant of M. latipterophora, Quercus pachyloma, is also recorded for the first time. Sexual dimorphism is described in M. basilutea sp. nov..

 

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How to Cite

Lu, Y.-Y., Liang, J.-Y. & Hsu, Y.-F. (2026) First records of the genus Macrobathra Meyrick, 1883 (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) from Taiwan, with description of a new species and two newly recorded species. Zootaxa, 5748 (2), 230–242. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.2.4