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Issue: Vol. 4000 No. 5: 19 Aug. 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.8
Page range: 592–595
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Isopsestis (Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae) from Yunnan, China

Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo 4-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-0005 Japan
Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Lepidoptera Thyatiridae new species Yunnan China

Abstract

A new species of genus Isopsestis Werny, 1968 (Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae), Isopsestis poculiformis sp. nov., is described from the locality 2660m elevation in Northeast Yunnan, China, and compared with its closest ally. Male adult and genitalia of the new species are illustrated and a distribution map of the genus Isopsestis Werny, 1968 is provided.