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
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2023-03-13
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Ploneta diducta
Snellen, 1900
Figures 18, 24
Ploneta diducta
Snellen, 1900
,
Tijdschr. Entomol.
43 (1): 105, pl. 4, f. 9, pl. 3, f. 7-8.
Type
locality:
Java
, Batavia, Buitenzorg.
Darna
(
Ploneta
)
diducta
:
Holloway, 1986
.
Malay. Nat. J.
40 (1–2): 144.
Material
examined.
1 male
,
CHINA
,
Yunnan Province
,
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
,
Mengla County
,
Mohan Town
,
19.XI.2020
, leg.
J. Wu
, JJ.
Fan, MR
.
Li
&
G. Fu
, genit. prep. WuJ-873-1, coll.
NEFU
.
Diagnosis.
Ploneta diducta
(Fig. 18) is charactered by the rather elongated dark brown forewings with a fine, pale postmedial line and a notch in the outer margin at the position of vine R
5
. In the male genitalia (Fig. 24), the uncus and gnathos are strongly sclerotized and almost fused together; the socii of tegumen are slender, tapering to the apical.
Bionomics. This single specimen was collected from southern Yunnan, which borders
Laos
, and the collecting site was close to the tropical rainforest.
Distribution.
China
(
Yunnan
), southern
Thailand
, western
Malaysia
; Borneo;
Indonesia
(
Sumatra
,
Java
);
Philippines
(Luzon).
Remarks. This species is reported for the first time from
China
.