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Issue: Vol. 2272 No. 1: 23 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2272.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 3

The genus Pyroderces Herrich-Schäffer new to China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae)

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
Lepidoptera Cosmopterigidae Pyroderces new species new record China

Abstract

The genus Pyroderces Herrich-Schäffer is recorded for the first time from China. Three species are included: Pyroderces bifurcata sp. nov. is described as new; P. argyrogrammos (Zeller) and P. sarcogypsa (Meyrick) are newly recorded for China. Images of the adults and the genitalia are provided, along with a key to the species from China.

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