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Issue: Vol. 5588 No. 3: 17 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.3.8
Page range: 494-500
Abstract views: 102
PDF downloaded: 6

Taxonomic review of the genus Pseudocaissa Solovyev & Witt, 2009 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), with description of a new species from Prov. Yunnan, China

School of Forestry; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin 150040; China; Northeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin 150040; China
School of Forestry; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin 150040; China; Northeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin 150040; China; Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin 150040; China
Lepidoptera distribution key morphology slug caterpillar moths Zygaenoidea

Abstract

The third species of the genus Pseudocaissa Solovyev & Witt, 2009, P. yutua sp. nov., is described from northeastern Yunnan Province, China. The new species closely resembles its congeners, P. apiata Solovyev & Witt, 2009 and P. marvelosa (Yoshimoto, 1994), but is distinguished primarily by distinct differences in the male genitalia. Images of male adults and genitalia, as well as a key to Pseudocaissa species and their distributions, are presented.

 

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