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Published: 2020-04-29
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Three new species of the genus Homaloxestis Meyrick, 1910 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from China

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Lecithocerinae taxonomy description

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Homaloxestis Meyrick are described from China: H. trapezialis sp. nov., H. longicornuta sp. nov., and H. rotundisigna sp. nov. The female of H. miscogana Wu, 1997 is described for the first time. Photographs of adults and genitalia are provided.

 

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