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Published: 2020-11-12
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Two new species of the subgenus Conicornuta Volynkin, 2019 of the genus Ammatho Walker, 1855 from China and northern Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia. National Research Tomsk State University, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russia
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China.
Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov, Moskovskiy Av., 33, Vitebsk 210038 Belarus.
Lepidoptera Erebidae Arctiinae

Abstract

Two new species of the subgenus Conicornuta Volynkin, 2019 of the genus Ammatho Walker, 1855 are described: Ammatho (Conicornuta) sinocontinentalis Huang & Volynkin, sp. n. (China) and Ammatho (Conicornuta) mangae Volynkin, Huang & Derzhinsky, sp. n. (Vietnam, Vĩnh Phúc Province). The lectotype for Miltochrista convexa Wileman, 1910 is designated. Adults, male and female genitalia are illustrated.

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