A new species of Sinarella Bryk, 1949 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae) from Jiangxi, China

By

Wu, Jun
Liu, Wen-Yu
Han, Hui-Lin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-1-6

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--9

Subjects

China , Herminiinae , Morphology , Noctuoidea , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e139845

 

Abstract

Sinarella Bryk, 1949 (Erebidae, Herminiinae) is a medium-sized, frail-bodied genus of moths that externally resembles other genera in the Zanclognatha generic complex. All known larvae of this genus feed on fresh leaves of moss. This genus is widely distributed from the Himalayas to Southeast Asia, Japan, Borneo, Sulawesi and New Guinea.<br> A new species of the genus Sinarella Bryk, 1949, S. jinggangshana sp. nov., is described from Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China. This species is morphologically similar to S. takasago Wu, Fu &amp; Owada, 2013, S. cristulalis (Staudinger, 1892), S. formosensis Wu, Fu &amp; Owada, 2013 and S. japonica (Butler, 1881), but differs in both external and male genitalia characters. Images of the male adults and their genitalia are provided.