Review of East Asian Heliosia (Ledidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) species, with description of a new genus

Vladimir V. Dubatolov; Yasunori Kishida; Chunsheng WU

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3802.3.6

Issue: Vol. 3802 No. 3: 27 May 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-05-27

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3802.3.6

Page range: 373–380

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**Review of East Asian Heliosia (Ledidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) species, with description of a new genus**

Vladimir V. Dubatolov⁺⁻
Yasunori Kishida⁺⁻
Chunsheng WU⁺⁻

Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze street 11, RF-630091 Novosibirsk, Russia.

Kitazawa 5-20-1-103, Setagaya, Tokyo, 155-0031 Japan

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang District, Datunlu, Beijing, 100101 People’s Republic of China

Lepidoptera Erebidae Arctiinae Lithosiini new genus China Russia Primorskiy Kray Oriental Region Palaearctic Region

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Abstract

Oriental species currently classified in the genus Heliosia Hampson, 1900 but in fact belonging to Nudariini are separated into the new genus Paraheliosia gen. nov.: Paraheliosia elegans (Reich, 1937) comb. nov. (type species) from South-East China; P. rufa (Leech, 1890) comb. nov. from North China (nominotypical subspecies) and Primorskiy Kray of Russia (P. r. ussuriensis (O. Bang-Haas, 1927) comb. nov.); and P. novirufa (Fang, 1992) comb. nov. from Sichuan. Presence of two strong apical spines at juxta apex and basal costal valve processes looks to be well marked autapomorphic characters of the new genus. Heliosia punctata Fang, 1992 is transferred into Elachistidae, Aeolanthinae but to unknown genus.