Four new species of Ditrigona Moore (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) in China and an annotated catalogue

By

Guo, Xiaojiang
Cheng, Rui
Jiang, Shan
Xue, Dayong
Han, Hongxiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-3-31

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1091

Pages

57--98

Subjects

DNA barcoding , Drepaninae , new combination , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1091.78986

 

Abstract

The Chinese species of the genus Ditrigona Moore, 1888 are reviewed and an annotated catalogue is provided. Four new species are described from China:<br> Ditrigona sinespina Jiang &amp;amp; Han,<br> sp. nov., Ditrigona parva Jiang &amp;amp; Han,<br> sp. nov., Ditrigona concava Guo &amp;amp; Han,<br> sp. nov., and Ditrigona fusca Guo &amp;amp; Han,<br> sp. nov.Deroca crystalla Chu &amp;amp; Wang, 1987 and<br> Auzatella pentesticha Chu &amp;amp; Wang, 1987<br> are newly combined into, respectively, the derocina and<br> quinaria species groups of<br> Ditrigona.<br> Ditrigona diana Wilkinson is newly recorded in China. This results in 43 species of Ditrigona for the fauna of China. Illustrations of habitus and genitalia of the new species and most known species are presented.