Three new species of Herpetogramma Lederer (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from China

By

Lu, Xiao-Qiang
Wan, Ji-Ping
Du, Xicui

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

865

Pages

67-85

Subjects

DNA barcodes , Maximum Likelihood analysis , Morphology , Pyraloidea , Spilomelinae , Syllepte invalidalis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.865.35111

 

Abstract

Five species of the genus Herpetogramma in China are studied with morphological and DNA barcode data. Herpetogrammabiconvexa Wan, Lu & Du, sp. nov., H.longispina Wan, Lu & Du, sp. nov., and H.brachyacantha Wan, Lu & Du, sp. nov. are described as new. Herpetogrammarudis (Warren) and H.magna (Butler) are newly diagnosed. Photographs of the habitus and genitalia of these five species are provided.