New species and records of Paroxyplax Cai, 1984 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) and its allies from China, with a checklist of the treated genera
Author
Wu, Jun
Northeast Forestry University, School of Forestry, Harbin 150040, China.
Author
Han, Hui-Lin
Northeast Forestry University, School of Forestry, Harbin 150040, China. & Northeast Forestry University, Northeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center, Harbin 150040, China. & Northeast Forestry University, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management, Harbin 150040, China.
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-03-13
5254
3
383
397
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.3.5
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5254.3.5
1175-5326
7727694
C18E1A56-730E-4510-AB84-DD111BDCBDC2
Genus
Darna
Walker, 1862
Darna
Walker, 1862
,
J. Proc. Linn. Soc
. (Zool.) 6: 174.
Type
species:
Darna plana
Walker, 1862
, by monotypy.
Note. The genus includes middle-sized, being at least partly pale dull orange or pinkish orange moths. The male antennae are bipectinate till to the tip. The forewings are triangular in shape, with black discal spot and dark, not well defined, external fascia. The hind wings are pale. The tibial spurs are 0-2-4. The larvae are of the nettle-type.
The male genitalia are diagnostic: the uncus is divided into two balloon-shaped parts, thickly covered with rows of scales; the gnathos is very slender and hook-shaped; the costal process in valva is a single flexed spine or with an apical patch of setae.
The genus is reported for the first time from
China
.