Two new species and two unrecorded species of Limacodidae (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea) from Xizang, China
Author
Wu, Jun
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8032-2522
School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
Author
Solovyev, Alexey V.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4837-2554
Department of Biology and Chemistry, Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Ulyanovsk, 432071, Russia
Author
Han, Hui-Lin
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2045-6182
School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China & Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China & Northeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
hanhuilin@aliyun.com
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ZooKeys
2022
2022-05-12
1100
71
85
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1100.76142
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1100.76142
1313-2970-1100-71
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Genus
Euphlyctina Hering, 1931
Euphlyctina
Hering, 1931, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 671 (key), 704. Type species (original designation):
Araeogyia phaeopasta
Hampson, 1906. Type locality India: Darjeeling.
Remarks.
Euphlyctina
is a small genus in the family
Limacodidae
, with only two known species:
E. phaeopasta
(Hampson, 1906) and
E. butvilai
Solovyev & Saldaitis, 2021. The type species
E. phaeopasta
was transferred from the genus
Araeogyia
Hampson, 1893 by
Hering (1931)
, and known only from north India; the second species was discovered in Zhejiang and Yunnan provinces of China (
Hampson 1906
;
Hering 1931
;
Solovyev and Saldaitis 2021
). In 2021, both sexes of
E. phaeopasta
were found in southeastern Xizang; a female of the genus is described below for the first time.