Description of two new species of Rhodostrophia Hübner, 1823 from China (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Author
Cui, Le
Author
Xue, Dayong
Author
Jiang, Nan
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-01
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2
337
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4563.2.7
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Rhodostrophia tremiscens
Prout, 1918
Rhodostrophia tremiscens
Prout, 1918
,
Novit. zool.
, 25: 77.
Syntypes
2
♁
,
China
(west):
Sichuan
(south), Nanchuen (NHM).
Diagnosis.
The species is similar to
R. bisinuata
on external characters. However, the wings are broader and darker; the transverse lines of the wings are darker and thinner; the antemedial line of the forewing is absent, but it is distinct in
R. bisinuata
; the medial line of the forewing is more sinuous; the postmedial line is less wavy than in
R. bisinuata
(
Prout (
1934
–1939), p. 25, pl. 4: b).
Distribution.
China
(
Sichuan
).