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Issue: Vol. 5837 No. 1: 22 Jun. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-06-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5837.1.6
Page range: 143-153
Abstract views: 83
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Description of two new Chinese Parvispinia and new collection data for P. barkama (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau; Ministry of Education; School of Ecology and Environment; Xizang University; Lhasa 850000; China; Yani Wetland Ecosystem Positioning; Observation and Research Station; Xizang; Lhasa 850000; China.
Nature Research Centre; Akademijos str. 2; 08412 Vilnius-21; Lithuania.
X-BIO Institute; University of Tyumen; Volodarskogo St. 6; 625003 Tyumen; Russia; Tomsk State University; Lenina pr. 36; 634050 Tomsk; Russia; Western Caspian University; 31 Istiglaliyyat St.; Baku; Azerbaijan.
Ulyanovsk State University; Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya Ulitsa 1; 432063 Ulyanovsk; Russia.
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Großhaderner Str. 2; D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried; Germany; Bavarian Natural History Collections (SNSB-ZSM); Münchhausenstraße 21; D-81247 Munich; Germany.
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau; Ministry of Education; School of Ecology and Environment; Xizang University; Lhasa 850000; China; Yani Wetland Ecosystem Positioning; Observation and Research Station; Xizang; Lhasa 850000; China.
Lepidoptera new species systematics taxonomy xyleninae xylenini

Abstract

Two new Chinese species of the genus Parvispinia Babics, Kononenko & Saldaitis, 2012 are described: P. clavata sp. nov. collected from Xizang, and P. dellabrunnai sp. nov. from Gansu. Both are compared with all other known species. Additionally, a second known collection locality in Xizang, 800 km west of the type locality in northern Sichuan, is reported for P. barkama Babics, Kononenko & Saldaitis, 2012; identification is confirmed by the genitalia of both sexes. All known collection localities for the Parvispinia species are mapped.

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How to Cite

Chen, E., Saldaitis, A., Yakovlev, R.V., Volkova, J.S., Prozorov, A.M. & Zhou, Y. (2026) Description of two new Chinese Parvispinia and new collection data for P. barkama (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Zootaxa, 5837 (1), 143–153. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5837.1.6