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Issue: Vol. 1327 No. 1: 2 Oct. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1327.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 2

Notes on the genus Leucolopha (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) with description of a new species from China

Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources & Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China
Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources & Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China
Lepidoptera Notodontidae Leucolopha new species China

Abstract

The genus Leucolopha Hampson, 1896 is reviewed. Leucolopha sinica Chen & Wang, sp. nov., from China is described and illustrated; a distribution map and a key to males of Leucolopha species are provided. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Insect Collections of Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, P. R. China.

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