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Issue: Vol. 5477 No. 4: 10 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.4.2
Page range: 436-444
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Two new species of tortricid moths (Lepidoptera: Olethreutinae: Olethreutini) injurious to Picea crassifolia in China

Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation; Northwest University; Xi’an; Shaanxi Province; 710069; P. R. China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation; Northwest University; Xi’an; Shaanxi Province; 710069; P. R. China
Longxi Livestock Husbandry and Veterinary Technical Service Center; Gansu Province; 748100; P. R. China
Forest Disease and Pest Control and Quarantine Station in Linxia Prefecture; Gansu Province; 731199; P. R. China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation; Northwest University; Xi’an; Shaanxi Province; 710069; P. R. China
Lepidoptera Olethreutinae Pseudohermenias absimilis sp. nov. Pseudohermenias linxica sp. nov. pests

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Pseudohermenias, P. absimilis sp. nov. and P. linxica sp. nov., are described from China. They feed on Picea crassifolia in the northwestern regions of the country. Photographs of the adult specimens and their genitalia are provided. Keys to the species of the genus based on the male and the female genitalia are presented.

 

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