Bombyciella linzhiensis, a new species from southern Xizang, China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)

By

Chen, Enyong
Pan, Zhaohui
Volynkin, Anton
Saldaitis, Aidas, 1967-
Benedek, Balázs

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1060

Pages

85--92

Subjects

male genitalia , Morphology , Owlet moth , taxonomy , Xylenina , Xylenini

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1060.71934

 

Abstract

A new species of the genus Bombyciella Draudt, 1950, Bombyciella linzhiensissp. nov., is described from the Linzhi (Nyingchi) Prefecture in southern Xizang (China), following a diagnostic comparison with B. talpa Draudt, 1950 and B. antra Saldaitis, Benedek, Behounek & Stüning, 2014. The adults and the male genitalia of the new and related species are illustrated.