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

By

Huang, Si-yao
Zhang, Yuan
Wang, Min
Fan, Xiao-ling

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

878

Pages

145--155

Subjects

East Asia; ; ; Geometroidea; ; , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.878.35364

 

Abstract

The epicopeiid moth genusSchistomitraButler, 1881 is reported outside Japan for the first time, with a new species,Schistomitra joelminetiHuang & 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.