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Issue: Vol. 1821 No. 1: 11 Jul. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-07-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1821.1.2
Page range: 13–24
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 2

Seven new species and a checklist of the genus Thecobathra Meyrick from China (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China Jiaozuo Teachers College, Jiaozuo, Henan 454100, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
Lepidoptera Yponomeutidae Thecobathra checklist new species China

Abstract

Seven new species of the genus Thecobathra Meyrick are described from China, along with a checklist and a distribution map of all the known Chinese species. The new species are: T. basilobata sp. nov., T. partinuda sp. nov., T. longisaccata sp. nov., T. latibasis sp. nov., T. acrivalvata sp. nov., T. paranas sp. nov. and T. badagongshana sp. nov. Photographs and genital structures of the new species are provided.

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