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Issue: Vol. 1910 No. 1: 20 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1910.1.4
Page range: 45–52
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816 from China and Russia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae)

Laboratory of Entomology, Institute of Biology and Soil science Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, RF-690022 Vladivostok, Russia
School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, CH-150040, China
Lepidoptera Noctuidae Acronictinae Acronicta new species China Russian Far East Transbaikalia

Abstract

Based on museum and private collections, two new species of the subfamily Acronictinae are described from China and Russia, Transbaikalia and Primorye Territory: Acronicta (Triaena) psichinensis sp. n. and Acronicta (Viminia) dahurica sp. n. The adults and male and female genitalia of the new species are illustrated and compared to related species. Distribution maps for the new species are presented.

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