Rondotia melanoleuca sp. nov., a new wild-mulberry silkworm from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae)

By

Liu, Zhengyang
Cao, Xiwen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-3-7

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

47

Pages

49--56

Subjects

adult , Cocoon , larva , Mulberry , Sichuan , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.47.109920

 

Abstract

Several yellow larvae with black spots were discovered in the wild of Chinese Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, and were further raised in captivity. Reared adults exhibit a striking black and white wing pattern, and they represent unequivocally a new species, here described as Rondotia melanoleucasp. nov. Molecular analyses suggest that this species could be sister to all previously known species of Rondotia.