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Issue: Vol. 1131 No. 1: 20 Feb. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-02-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1131.1.4
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 3

Review of Ammatucha Turner with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Lepidoptera Pyralidae Phycitinae Ammatucha new species

Abstract

Ammatucha Turner is recorded for the first time from China, with three species described as new: A. longilepigera Ren & Li, sp. nov., A. brevilepigera Ren & Li, sp. nov., and A. flavipalpa Ren & Li, sp. nov. The female of the genus is reported for the first time, and the generic diagnosis is amended accordingly. Ammatucha is compared to the superficially similar Ceroprepes Zeller. A map of the geographic distribution of Ammatucha for the world is presented, and a key for the identification of all described species based on male genitalia is included.

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