<strong>The genus <em>Homaloxestis</em> Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of two new species</strong>

SHURONG LIU; SHUXIA WANG

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3760.1.5

Issue: Vol. 3760 No. 1: 30 Jan. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-01-30

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.1.5

Page range: 79–88

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**The genus Homaloxestis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) from China, with descriptions of two new species**

SHURONG LIU⁺⁻
SHUXIA WANG⁺⁻

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China

Lepidoptera Lecithoceridae Homaloxestis new species new record China

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Abstract

Five species of the genus Homaloxestis Meyrick are recorded from China. Homaloxestis aciformis sp. nov. from Chongqing and H. ellipsoidea sp. nov. from Yunnan are described as new. Homaloxestis plocamandra (Meyrick, 1907), H. australis Park, 2004 and H. saitoi Park, 2004 are newly recorded from China. Photographs of adults and genital structures are provided. All the known species in China are listed.