Two new species of Squamosa Bethune-Baker, 1908 (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) and first female record of S. chalcites Orhant, 2000 from southern Asia

By

Wu, Jun
Solovyev, Alexey V
Han, Hui-Lin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-3-25

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1090

Pages

149--159

Subjects

China , India , key , Myanmar , slug caterpillar moths , synonymy , taxonomy , Tibet

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1090.75823

 

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Squamosa Bethune-Baker, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae): S. medogensissp. nov. and S. undulophallussp. nov., are described from southern Asia. These new species are illustrated with images of the adults and male genitalia, and compared with similar species. A new synonymy is established for the subspecies S. brevisunca brevisunca Wu & Fang, 2009 = S. svetlanae Solovyev & Witt, 2009, syn. nov. The female genitalia of S. chalcites Orhant, 2000 are illustrated and described for the first time. A distribution map for the new species and illustrations of Asian members of Squamosa are given, and a key to Asian species of the genus is also provided.