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Issue: Vol. 1236 No. 1: 19 Jun. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-06-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1236.1.1
Page range: 1–22
Abstract views: 110
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A review of the genus Scirpophaga Treitschke, 1832 in China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P. R. China Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P. R. China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P. R. China
Lepidoptera Pyralidae Schoenobiinae Scirpophaga taxonomy China new species new synonym

Abstract

Twenty species of the genus Scirpophaga are recognized from China; six are reported for the first time, and two are described as new: S. linguatella, sp. n., and S. adunctella, sp. n. Scirpophaga melanostigma is proposed as a synonym of S. flavidorsalis, syn. n. Keys to the species recorded from China are provided. The adults of the new species and the genital structures of all examined species are illustrated. The types of the new species and other specimens examined are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.

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