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Issue: Vol. 5360 No. 4: 30 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.4.7
Page range: 583-592
Abstract views: 172
PDF downloaded: 17

Review of the genus Ressia Sinev, 1988 (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae), with descriptions of four new species from China

College of Life Sciences; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071; China
College of Life Sciences; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071; China; College of Life and Geographic Sciences; Kashi University; Kashi 844000; China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau; Kashi 844000; China
Lepidoptera Microlepidoptera Gelechioidea Cosmopteriginae taxonomy China

Abstract

Six species of the genus Ressia Sinev, 1988 from China are reviewed. Four species are described as new: R. disparilis Li, sp. nov., R. forcipata Li, sp. nov., R. semilunata Li, sp. nov., and R. sinevi Li, sp. nov. Images of adults and genitalia are provided, along with a key to all the seven species in the world.

 

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