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Issue: Vol. 5828 No. 2: 9 Jun. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-06-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5828.2.10
Page range: 361-371
Abstract views: 44
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Erschoffia Swinhoe, 1900, a forgotten genus reinstated from synonymy with Aspitates Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae)

Zoological museum; Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University; Volodymyrska str 60; UA-01601; Kyiv; Ukraine.
Estonian University of Life Sciences; Kreutzwaldi 5D; EE-51006 Tartu; Estonia.
Lepidoptera Taxonomy new species new combinations Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Afghanistan

Abstract

The genus Erschoffia Swinhoe, 1900 is reinstated from synonymy with Aspitates Treitschke, 1825 to accomodate four ennomine species characterized by asymmetrical male genitalia. Erschoffia remmi, sp. nov. is described from the Western Tien Shan. E. acuminaria (Eversmann, 1851) exhibits a disjunct distribution between the highlands of Middle Asia and the Caucasus. The distribution and taxonomic significance of four key diagnostic characters of Erschoffia within Ennominae are analyzed.

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How to Cite

Kostjuk, I. & Viidalepp, J. (2026) Erschoffia Swinhoe, 1900, a forgotten genus reinstated from synonymy with Aspitates Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae). Zootaxa, 5828 (2), 361–371. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5828.2.10