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Issue: Vol. 5351 No. 5: 29 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.2
Page range: 534-542
Abstract views: 177
PDF downloaded: 20

Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Nephelomilta Hampson, 1900(Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from China with descriptions of two new species

Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research; Dali University; Dali 671003; Yunnan; China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China; Dali; Yunnan 671003; China
Altai State University; Lenina Avenue; 61; RF-656049; Barnaul; Russia
Gong-shan Administration Bureau; Gao-li-gong Mountain National Nature Reserve; Nujiang; Yunnan 673500; China
Gong-shan Administration Bureau; Gao-li-gong Mountain National Nature Reserve; Nujiang; Yunnan 673500; China
Nature Research Centre; Akademijos str.; 2; LT-08412; Vilnius-21; Lithuania
Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research; Dali University; Dali 671003; Yunnan; China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China; Dali; Yunnan 671003; China; The Provincial Innovation Team of Biodiversity Conservation and Utility of the Three Parallel Rivers Region from Dali University; Dali; Yunnan; China
Lepidoptera Indochina lichen moth Nudariina taxonomy Vietnam Xizang Yunnan

Abstract

New information on the genus Nephelomilta Hampson, 1900 from China is reported. Two new species are described from southwestern China: N. medogensis Huang, Volynkin & Saldaitis, sp. n. from Motuo County, Xizang Autonomous Region and N. nu Huang, Volynkin & Saldaitis, sp. n. from Nujiang Valley, Yunnan Province. The female of N. yasunorikishidai Huang & Wang, 2019 is discovered and illustrated for the first time, and the species is erected into a separate species-group. Adults and genitalia of the aforementioned taxa and related ones as well are illustrated.

 

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