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Issue: Vol. 5802 No. 3: 5 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5802.3.11
Page range: 585-593
Abstract views: 59
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Ocnogyna florianii—a new species from the Sichuan Province, China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae)

Nature Research Centre; Akademijos str. 2; 08412 Vilnius-21; Lithuania.
University of Sciences; Techniques and Technology of Bamako; BP 1805 Bamako; Mali; Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases; Hadassah Medical School; The Hebrew University; Kalman Ya’akov Man St.; 91120 Jerusalem; Israel.
World Insect Gallery; Taikos str.; 1; Linkaičiai; Joniškis reg.; Lithuania.
X-BIO Institute; University of Tyumen; Volodarskogo St. 6; 625003 Tyumen; Russia; Tomsk State University; Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology; Lenina pr. 36; 634050 Tomsk; Russia; Western Caspian University; Istiglaliyyat Street 31; 1001 Baku; Azerbaijan.
Ludwig Maximilian University; Grohaderner St. 2-4; 82152 Planegg-Martinsried; Germany.
Lepidoptera Arctiinae Arctiini biodiversity Palearctic realm tiger moth

Abstract

A new species of the genus Ocnogyna Lederer, 1853, O. florianii sp. nov., is described from Sichuan Province, China. It is the first species of the genus known from East Asia; previously, Ocnogyna loewii pallidior Christoph, 1884 was reportedly the easternmost taxon distributed in Central Asia from Turkmenistan to SW Tajikistan. The new species is known only from two males and is reminiscent of the light-colored forms of the type species of the genus, Ocnogyna zoraida (Graslin, 1837), distributed in Spain. Additionally, a diagnostic comparison is made with the European Ocnogyna parasita parasita (Hübner, 1790) and the Levantine Ocnogyna clathrata clathrata Lederer, 1855, which are reminiscent in some features of male genitalia.

 

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How to Cite

Saldaitis, A., Müller, G.C., Dűda, J., Yakovlev, R.V. & Prozorov, A.M. (2026) Ocnogyna florianii—a new species from the Sichuan Province, China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). Zootaxa, 5802 (3), 585–593. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5802.3.11