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Issue: Vol. 5679 No. 2: 13 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.4
Page range: 243-254
Abstract views: 54
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Preliminary taxonomic review of the genus Coptotriche Walsingham, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) in China, including descriptions of three new species

College of Life and Geographic Sciences; Kashi University; Kashi 844000; China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau; Kashi 844000; China
Hubei Key Laboratory of Economic Forest Germplasm Improvement and Resources Comprehensive Utilization; College of Biology and Agricultural Resources; Huanggang Normal University; Huanggang 438000; China
College of Life and Geographic Sciences; Kashi University; Kashi 844000; China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau; Kashi 844000; China; College of Life Sciences; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071; China
Lepidoptera Microlepidoptera primitive moths new record taxonomy

Abstract

Eight species of the genus Coptotriche Walsingham, 1890 are reported from China. Three species are described as new: C. basilata sp. nov., C. basicurvata sp. nov. and C. brevissima sp. nov. One species, C. minuta Diškus & Stonis, 2014, is recorded for the first time in China. Images of adults and genitalia of the new and newly recorded species are given, along with a key to the eight Coptotriche species distributed China.

 

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How to Cite

Zhang, X., Sun, H. & Li, H. (2025) Preliminary taxonomic review of the genus Coptotriche Walsingham, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) in China, including descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 5679 (2), 243–254. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.4