Review of the genus Cidariplura Butler, 1879 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae) in Taiwan with descriptions of four new species

SHIPHER WU; MAMORU OWADA; SHIUH-FENG SHIAO; SHEN-HORN YEN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.6

Issue: Vol. 3746 No. 1: 10 Dec. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-12-10

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.6

Page range: 143–160

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**Review of the genus Cidariplura Butler, 1879 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae) in Taiwan with descriptions of four new species**

SHIPHER WU⁺⁻
MAMORU OWADA⁺⁻
SHIUH-FENG SHIAO⁺⁻
SHEN-HORN YEN⁺⁻

Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, 27, Lane 113, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 106.

Department of Zoology, National Museum of National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo 4-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-0005, Japan.

Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, 27, Lane 113, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 106.

Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lienhai Rd, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan

Cidariplura Herminiinae Noctuoidea Oriental region Taiwan

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Abstract

The genus Cidariplura Butler, 1879 from Taiwan is reviewed. A total of seven species are confirmed to occur in this old landbridge island, and four new species are described: C. shanmeii Wu & Owada sp. nov., C. maraho Wu & Owada sp. nov., C. atayal Wu & Owada sp. nov. and C. ilana Wu & Owada sp. nov. The Taiwanese C. bilineata (Wileman & South, 1919) is superficially similar to the Indian and Nepalese C. brevivittalis (Moore, 1867) but their genitalia show distinct differences. Elyra albifascia Hampson 1929 is regarded as a junior synonym of C. brevivittalis (syn. nov.). All diagnostic characteristics of Cidariplura from Taiwan and its adjacent areas are illustrated.