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Type: Article
Published: 2014-04-30
Page range: 387–392
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Notes on the genus Napialus Chu & Wang (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae), with description of a new species from China

College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China.
College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China.
taxonomy morphology Oriental Region

Abstract

Napialus spinosus Li & Wei, sp. nov. is described as new based on a male specimen collected in Jiangxi Province of China. Image of the adult, illustrations of the antenna, venation, and eighth abdomeninal segment as well as male genitalia are presented. A species checklist and key to the species of Napialus are provided and the known distribution of each species is mapped with respect to temperature gradients.