Review of the genus Leucoma Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from China, with description of two new species
Author
Xie, Linzhe
0000-0002-9779-4710
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China & xlzam 97 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9779 - 4710
Author
Wang, Ming
0000-0001-5834-4058
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China & minwang @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5834 - 4058
minwang@scau.edu.cn
Author
Chen, Yusi
0000-0002-0315-0245
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China & c 13342834137 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0315 - 0245
Author
Wang, Houshuai
0000-0002-0796-9768
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China & houshuaiwang @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0796 - 9768
houshuaiwang@scau.edu.cn
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-15
5115
3
361
380
journal article
20213
10.11646/zootaxa.5115.3.3
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1175-5326
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A key to species of
Leucoma
Hübner
in
China
1 Forewings yellow brown.........................................................................
L. sartus
- Forewings white or silvery white......................................................................... 2
2 Thorax with two dark dots or oblique lines................................................................. 3
- Thorax without dark dots or slashes....................................................................... 4
3 Hind tarsi white...............................................................................
L. sericea
- Hind tarsi black............................................................................
L. melanoscela
4 Legs white, with black circles on tarsi..................................................................... 5 - Legs white, without black circles on tarsi.................................................................. 6
5 Main stem of antennae white, with black-brown stripes................................................
L. candida
- Main stem of antennae white, without black-brown stripes...............................................
L. salicis
6 Forewings with a black edge at the basal area of costa.................................................
L. costalis
- Forewings without black edges at the basal area of costa...................................................... 7
7 Frons with a black spot..........................................................................
L. niveata
- Frons without black spots............................................................................... 8
8 Forewings with silvery white bands....................................................................... 9
- Forewings without silvery white bands................................................................... 12
9 Forewing with three arcuate white oblique bands.......................................................
L. clara
-
Forewings with two or three parallel oblique bands......................................................... 10
10 Pectionations of antennae pale tawny..............................................................
L. impressa
-
Pectionations of antennae dark brown.................................................................... 11
11 Vesica of aedeagus with four sclerotized digitate projections...........................................
L. parallela
-
Vesica of aedeagus without sclerotized digitate projections..........................................
L. chrysoscela
12 Left valva longer than right valva.....................................................
L. nyingchiensis
sp. nov.
- Left valva shorter than right valva....................................................................... 13
13 Labial palpi orange yellow......................................................................
L. ochripes
- Labial palpi white......................................................................
L. sichuana
sp. nov.