Five new species of the genus Hermonassa Walker, 1865 from Xizang Autonomous Region, China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)

By

Gao, Biao
Han, Hui-Lin
Kononenko, Vladimir S., 1950-
Pan, Zhaohui

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1179

Pages

35--61

Subjects

China , Hermonassa , new species , Noctuidae , Noctuinae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1179.107587

 

Abstract

Five new species of the genus Hermonassa Walker, 1865 (H. nigricanssp. nov., H. conusasp. nov., H. brunneocuprinasp. nov., H. albimaculasp. nov., and H. linzhiensis, sp. nov. are described from Autonomic Region Xizang, China (Tibet). Hermonassa nigricanssp. nov. is distributed in Nepal and China, and the Himalayan species H. kalamantra Kovács, G. Ronkay & L. Ronkay, 2018 is reсorded for China for the first time. The occurrences of H. anthracina Boursin, 1967 in Nepal is questionable taking in the account the presence of two externally hardly distinguishable species, H. kalamantra and H. nigricanssp. nov. New collecting data for H. yixincheni Han & Li, 2007 and H. oleographa Hampson, 1911 in China are presented. Five species groups are reviewed, and three species groups are designated.