Taxonomic review of the genus Ammathella Volynkin, 2019 with descriptions of three new species from southeastern Xizang, China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)

By

Botanicheskii institut im. V.L. Komarova
Volynkin, Anton
Zhang, Yulong
Chen, Enyong
Huang, Si-yao
Pan, Zhaohui

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1114

Pages

167--182

Subjects

Asura/Miltochrista complex , Himalaya , India , lichen moth , Myanmar , Nudariina , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1114.86182

 

Abstract

A brief taxonomic review of the lithosiinid genus Ammathella Volynkin, 2019 is presented. Three new species of the genus Ammathella Volynkin, 2019 are described from Motuo County, southeast Xizang: A. longicornuta S.-Y. Huang, Yin & Volynkin, sp. nov., A. lhoba S.-Y. Huang, Yin & Volynkin, sp. nov., and A. monpa S.-Y. Huang, Yin & Volynkin, sp. nov. A key to the species of the genus is provided. Adults and genitalia of both sexes are illustrated.