Two new species and one subspecies of Craniophora Snellen, 1867 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) from China

By

Kiss, Ádám
Gyulai, Péter, 1950-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

353

Pages

61-70

Subjects

Acronictinae , China , Craniophora , Fujian , Hainan , new taxa , Noctuidae , Sichuan

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.5990

 

Abstract

Three Craniophora taxa from China, C. fujianensis Kiss and Gyulai, sp. n., C. fujianensis hainanensis Kiss and Gyulai, ssp. n. and C. sichuanensis Kiss, Gyulai and Saldaitis, sp. n., are newly described. Adult habitus and male genitalia are illustrated and compared with those of C. harmandi (Poujade) and C. praeclara (Graeser). Females of the new taxa are unknown.