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Issue: Vol. 5588 No. 2: 14 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.2.13
Page range: 396-400
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Description of a new species of the Meganola tenebrosa (Hampson, 1896) species-group from China (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Nolidae)

Lepidoptera Research Group; School of Life Science and Engineering; Southwest University of Science and Technology; Mianyang 621010; China
Lepidoptera Research Group; School of Life Science and Engineering; Southwest University of Science and Technology; Mianyang 621010; China
Lepidoptera Research Group; School of Life Science and Engineering; Southwest University of Science and Technology; Mianyang 621010; China
Lepidoptera Research Group; School of Life Science and Engineering; Southwest University of Science and Technology; Mianyang 621010; China
Lepidoptera glossata Nolini Yunnan province taxonomy

Abstract

The paper describes a new species Meganola lufengensis Yu & Hu, sp. nov. from Yunnan province, China. The species Meganola suffusata (Wileman & West, 1929) is recorded from Chinese mainland for the first time. Detailed illustrations of adults and genitalia are provided.

 

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