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Issue: Vol. 5706 No. 4: 14 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.8
Page range: 585-593
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 2

Four new species of the genus Striogyia Holloway (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from India

Lepidoptera Section; Zoological Survey of India; New Alipore; Kolkata; West Bengal; 700053; Department of Zoology; University of Calcutta; Kolkata; West Bengal; 700019
Lepidoptera Section; Zoological Survey of India; New Alipore; Kolkata; West Bengal; 700053
Lepidoptera South East Asia China taxonomy morphology Darna Trichogyia Limacosilla Ceratonema slug moth

Abstract

In the present article, we describe four new species of the genus Striogyia Holloway, 1986 from India: S. hollowayi sp. nov., S. sumi sp. nov., S. arunachala sp. nov. and S. kamiensis sp. nov. Until now, the genus Striogyia was known to include seven species distributed in South East Asia and China. The present study increases the number of known species in the genus to 11 and extends its distributional range to India. A taxonomic key and a checklist of all known species of the genus is also provided.

 

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How to Cite

Ahmad, J. & Singh, N. (2025) Four new species of the genus Striogyia Holloway (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from India. Zootaxa, 5706 (4), 585–593. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.8