Description of a new Hiroshia species (Lepidoptera, Thyatiridae) from Hubei Province, China

By

Zheng, Hong
Ronkay, Gábor
Ronkay, László
Han, Hui-Lin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

996

Pages

147--152

Subjects

False owlet moth , identification key , male genitalia , Morphology , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.996.55002

 

Abstract

A third species of Hiroshia László, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2001, H. shennongjiaensis Ronkay, Ronkay & Han, sp. nov. is described from Hubei Province in China. The adult and the male genitalia of the new species are illustrated and compared with those of its congeners, H. albinigra László, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2001 and H. nanlingana Zhuang, Owada & Wang, 2014; an identification key based on the male genitalia is presented.