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Issue: Vol. 1830 No. 1: 28 Jul. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-07-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1830.1.6
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 112
PDF downloaded: 2

A review of the genus Caissa Hering in China (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
Lepidoptera Limacodidae Caissa new species China

Abstract

Four species of the genus Caissa Hering are recognized from China, in which C. longisaccula and C. caii are described as new to science and C. parenti Orhant is reported for the first time in China. The photographs of moths and their genitalia are given. A key to the Chinese species of the genus is provided.

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