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Issue: Vol. 5711 No. 4: 21 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.6
Page range: 563-578
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Two genera newly recorded from Australia: Mahasena Moore and Manatha Moore (Lepidoptera: Psychidae: Oiketicinae), each with a new species

Australian National Insect Collection; National Research Collections Australia; CSIRO; GPO Box 1700; Canberra; ACT 2601; Australia; Division of Ecology and Evolution; Research School of Biology; RN Robertson Building; 46 Sullivans Creek Road; The Australian National University; Acton; ACT 2601; Australia
Australian National Insect Collection; National Research Collections Australia; CSIRO; GPO Box 1700; Canberra; ACT 2601; Australia
Lepidoptera Bagworm moths phylogenetics systematics taxonomy

Abstract

The predominately Asian bagworm moth genera Mahasena Moore and Manatha Moore are reported from Australia for the first time. In this country each genus is represented by a new and endemic species; Mahasena inornata Beaver sp. nov., and Manatha prolixa Beaver sp. nov., both from far northern Queensland. The taxonomic determinations made herein are based upon morphological examination and molecular phylogenetic analysis. Examination of the primary type specimen of the type species of the genus Claniades Bethune-Baker syn. nov., along with the sequencing of conspecifics from New Guinea, indicates that this genus is a junior subjective synonym of Mahasena, and its single species C. ekeikei Bethune-Baker is here treated as Mahasena ekeikei comb. nov. accordingly. Various literature records of M. corbetti Tams from New Guinea and the Bismark Archipelago are considered misattributions of M. ekeikei. In addition, we treat Psyche assamica Watt as nomen dubium, and reinstate Manatha scotopepla stat. reinst. as a valid species.

 

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How to Cite

Beaver, E.P. & Zwick, A. (2025) Two genera newly recorded from Australia: Mahasena Moore and Manatha Moore (Lepidoptera: Psychidae: Oiketicinae), each with a new species. Zootaxa, 5711 (4), 563–578. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.6