Notes on the genus Psychostrophia Butler, 1877 (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae), with description of a new species

Si-yao Huang, Min Wang, Xiao-ling Fan..

New information on the genus Psychostrophia Butler, 1877 is provided. A new species, Psychostrophia micronymphidiaria Huang & Wang, sp. nov., is described from western, northern and northwestern Yunnan Province, southwestern China; it is similar to P. nymphidiaria (Oberthür, 1893) which is widely distributed in eastern, southern, western and central China. A new synonym is established: Psychostrophia nymphidiaria (Oberthür, 1893) (= Stiboges lushanica Chou & Yuan, 2001, syn. nov.). Some other taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genus are presented. A key to the species of the genus Psychostrophia is provided.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:900

Enthalten in:

ZooKeys - 900(2019) vom: 03., Seite 111-127

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Si-Yao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Min [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Xiao-Ling [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cryptic species
East Asia
Geometroidea
Journal Article
Oriental swallowtail moth
Taxonomy

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Date Revised 30.09.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3897/zookeys.900.46973

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM305196618