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Issue: Vol. 5536 No. 1: 1 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.9
Page range: 193-200
Abstract views: 84
PDF downloaded: 6

First record of the genus Scaptesyle Walker (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) from mainland China with description of a new species from Xizang

Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology; Lhasa 850001; Xizang Autonomous Region; China
Altai State University; Lenina Avenue; 61; RF-656049; Barnaul; Russia
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510642; Guangdong; China
Lepidoptera Cisthenina Himalaya lichen moth Malaysia new species taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Scaptesyle Walker, 1854 is recorded from mainland China for the first time, with a new species, S. sinotricolor Huang & Volynkin sp. nov. described from SE Xizang Autonomous Region. The comparison is made with S. tricolor Walker, 1854 and S. plumosus Rothschild, 1912. The lectotype has been designated for Scaptesyle tricolor Walker, 1854. The adults and genitalia of the aforementioned species are illustrated.

 

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