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Issue: Vol. 4999 No. 2: 9 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.2.7
Page range: 181-189
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Cincinasura, a new genus for Miltochrista synestramena Hampson (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a new species from Indonesia

Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia.
Tiergartenstrasse 27, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Lithosiini new combination Nudariina Sulawesi Sundaland Lepidoptera

Abstract

The new genus Cincinasura gen. n. is described for the type species Asura synestramena Hampson, 1900. A new species, Cincinasura cyclophora sp. n. is described from the island of Sulawesi (Indonesia). A new combination is established: Cincinasura synestramena (Hampson, 1900), comb. n. Adults together with male and female genitalia of the new and similar genera are illustrated.

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