Pyralis cardinalis, a charismatic new species related to P. regalis [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, first recognized in Finland (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)

By

Wikström, Bo
Huemer, Peter
Mutanen, Marko
Tyllinen, Juha
Kaila, Lauri

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-11-10

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

43

Pages

337--364

Subjects

cryptic species , DNA barcoding , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.43.54916

 

Abstract

The informal Pyralis regalis complex, including species of the genus Pyralis Linnaeus, 1758 (Pyralidae), with a bright white or silvery pattern on the forewing, is reviewed, supplemented by observations of the externally distinguished P. perversalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1849), which also exhibits similarities in genitalia and DNA barcodes.<br> We describe Pyralis cardinalis Kaila, Huemer, Mutanen, Tyllinen &amp;amp; Wikström, sp. nov., based on specimens ranging from Denmark and Sweden in the West to Japan and South Korea in the East. A neotype is designated for the predominantly South European P. regalis [Denis &amp;amp; Schiffermüller], 1775. Lectotypes are designated for Asopia kacheticalis Christoph, 1893 and Pyralis princepsButler, 1889. Pyralis regalis ssp. sagarrai Leraut, 2005 is considered a valid species, stat. nov.