Genus Microlithosia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) in Laos, with the description of a new species
Author
Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal
Author
Lee, Dong-June
Author
Bae, Yang-Seop
text
Zootaxa
2018
4420
4
502
508
journal article
29158
10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.3
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1175-5326
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Genus
Microlithosia
Daniel, 1954
Microlithosia
Daniel, 1954
,
Bonner zoologische Beiträge
5(1–2): 135. Type species:
Microlithosia shaowuica
Daniel, 1954
. TL: China (Shaowu).
Adults of the genus
Microlithosia
from Laos are hardly distinguishable by the maculation on wings.
M. umbripuncta
and
M. nanlingica
have the golden and fuscous yellowish forewing with costal margin convex medially, while
M. laosana
n. sp.
, has yellow brownish forewing with costal margin slightly convex about 1/3 of apex.
Distribution.
South
China
, North
Vietnam
,
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Thailand
, Borneo, Malay Peninsula,
India
.