Two new species of the genus Stericta Lederer (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Epipaschiinae) from Laos and Cambodia Author Kim, Hanul 0000-0002-0625-5456 Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Academi-ro, Incheon 22012, South Korea. First author E-mail. hanul 00000 @ naver. com & hanul 00000 @ naver. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0625 - 5456 hanul00000@naver.com Author Lee, Tak-Gi 0000-0002-6666-5967 Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Academi-ro, Incheon 22012, South Korea. First author E-mail. hanul 00000 @ naver. com & lkhp @ naver. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6666 - 5967 lkhp@naver.com Author Cha, Yeong-Bin 0000-0003-2635-5734 Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Academi-ro, Incheon 22012, South Korea. First author E-mail. hanul 00000 @ naver. com & cyb 0201 @ naver. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2635 - 5734 cyb0201@naver.com Author Jang, Chang-Moon 0000-0003-4343-2279 Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Academi-ro, Incheon 22012, South Korea. First author E-mail. hanul 00000 @ naver. com & kewlwin @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4343 - 2279 kewlwin@gmail.com Author Kim, Jeong-Nam 0000-0001-8635-6224 Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Academi-ro, Incheon 22012, South Korea. First author E-mail. hanul 00000 @ naver. com & kjn 951001 @ naver. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8635 - 6224 kjn951001@naver.com Author Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Academi-ro, Incheon 22012, South Korea. First author E-mail. hanul 00000 @ naver. com & Bio-Resource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, Academi-ro, Incheon 22012, South Korea Author Bae, Yang-Seop 0000-0001-7356-5633 Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Academi-ro, Incheon 22012, South Korea. First author E-mail. hanul 00000 @ naver. com & Bio-Resource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, Academi-ro, Incheon 22012, South Korea & baeys @ inu. ac. kr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7356 - 5633 baeys@inu.ac.kr text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-15 5285 1 196 200 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.10 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.10 1175-5326 7935648 80613689-9605-493E-82E1-0A0BC523ECFE Stericta atroaurantiaca Kim & Bae , sp. nov. ( Figs. 2C, D ) LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B1B77E06-ECB8-46FB-8665-5243BAA1E5A4 Type materials. Holotype : Male , Laos , Xieng Khouang Province , Ban Tha (N19 ̊44′50.20′′, E103 ̊37′28.10′′ Alt. 1524m ), 29.VI.2017 ( Bae Y.S. , Na S.M. , Lee D.J. , Ko J.H. & Lee T .G), Gen. Slide No. INU-10659 . Paratype : 1 ♁, Same data with holotype , Gen. Slide No. INU-10660. Diagnosis. This new species is clearly distinguished from other members of Stericta by the orange-brown color of the forewing, and in the male genitalia the basal half of the uncus narrowed, and broad U-shaped juxta. FIGURE 3. Illustrations of the male genitalia. A. Stericta atroaurantiaca Kim & Bae , sp. nov. , holotype (Gen. Slide No. INU-10659; B. ditto, paratype (Gen. Slide No. INU-10660). scale bar = 1.0mm. Description Adult ( Figs. 1C & D ). Length of the forewing 6.0− 6.5 mm in male. Head covered with dark brown scales; labial palpus slender, upturned, covered with dark brown scales. Thorax orange brown, mixed with dark brown scales. Ground color of forewing dark orange-brown, with dark brown basal area; medial area with two dark brown spots at costal margin; orbicular stigma dark brown; postmedial line dark brown, undulated, archshaped; distal area dark brown, mixed with olive brown; adterminal line dark brown; terminal line ivory; fringe ivory, mixed with dark brown. Ground color of hindwing grayish brown; postmedial line dark brown, indistinct. Abdomen orange-brown, with subquadrate dark brown spots at 1 st –2 nd tergites. Male genitalia ( Figs. 3A & B ). Uncus elongated, apex rounded, slightly narrow at basal half. Gnathos joined distally, slightly hooked at apex. Valva elongated, curved inwardly, with hairs along outer margin. Vinculum and saccus U-shaped. Juxta broadly U-shaped, apex rounded. Phallus cylindrical, apex pointed, nearly same length as valva, with a sclerotized and distally dentate carina process, and tapering rod-shaped and apically pointed cornutus. Female genitalia . Unknown. Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin words atro - (= dark) and aurantiacus (= orange), referring to the ground color of forewing. Remark. This new species is named by the authors Hanul Kim and Yang-Seop Bae.