Review of the Idaea proximaria complex (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Sterrhinae) with descriptions of four new species

By

Cheng, Rui
Xue, Dayong
Jiang, Nan
Han, Hongxiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1169

Pages

293--305

Subjects

China , endemic , Tarsus , Variation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1169.106815

 

Abstract

The Idaea proximaria complex is reviewed and four new species are described from China: Idaea rectangularis Cheng & Han, sp. nov. from Guangxi and Fujian provinces, Idaea rectispina Cheng & Han, sp. nov. from Hunan province, Idaea setosa Xue & Han, sp. nov. from Hainan province, and Idaea linearis Xue & Han, sp. nov. from Hubei and Shaanxi provinces. Illustrations of adults and genitalia of the new species and known species are presented, and the variations in the form of the aedeagus of Idaea proximaria are discussed.