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First record of the genus Schistomitra Butler, 1881 (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae) from China, with the description of a new species

2019; Pensoft Publishers; Volume: 878; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3897/zookeys.878.35364

1313-2989

SI-YAO HUANG, Yuan Zhang, Min Wang, Xiaoling Fan,

Plant Parasitism and Resistance

The epicopeiid moth genus Schistomitra Butler, 1881 is reported outside Japan for the first time, with a new species, Schistomitra joelmineti Huang & Wang, sp. nov., described from the southern part of Shaanxi and Gansu Province in China. Photographs of adults and genitalia are provided, and the distribution pattern of the genus is discussed.