SHUXIA WANG scite author profile

2022

Eighteen new species of the genus Torodora Meyrick, 1894 from China are described: T. acuminata sp. nov., T. atomata sp. nov., T. canaliculata sp. nov., T. costatiprolata sp. nov., T. dentisaccula sp. nov., T. gemella sp. nov., T. gongshanensis sp. nov., T. longicornis sp. nov., T. obliqua sp. nov., T. parisortilega sp. nov., T. procerispinata sp. nov., T. reniformis sp. nov., T. spectabilis sp. nov., T. stilliformis sp. nov., T. strigulosa sp. nov., T. ventrimaculata sp. nov., T. xizangensis sp. nov. and T. zhejiangensis sp. nov.; 15 species are newly recorded for China. Images of adults and genitalia for all newly described species and a checklist of the Chinese Torodora species are given.

Description of eight new species of the genus Irepacma Moriuti, Saito & Lewvanich (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China

XU²

2022

Eight new species of the genus Irepacma Moriuti, Saito & Lewvanich, 1985 are described based on specimens collected in China: I. bispicifera Wang, sp. nov., I. curticylindra Wang, sp. nov., I. denticulata Wang, sp. nov., I. flaviptera Wang, sp. nov., I. longiflagellata Wang, sp. nov., I. rotunda Wang, sp. nov., I. spiculosa Wang, sp. nov., I. tengchongensis Wang, sp. nov. Periacma isomora Meyrick, 1910 is transferred to the genus Irepacma: I. isomora (Meyrick, 1910), comb. nov. Images of adults and genitalia are provided.

Study of the genus Ethmia Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae) from China, with descriptions of six new species

Xiaoju

2022

Six new species of Ethmia Hübner [1819] are described and illustrated from China: E. adunatimacula sp. nov., E. anfracta sp. nov., E. anomala sp. nov., E. corrugata sp. nov., E. rectiuga sp. nov. and E. transtimacula sp. nov. Two species (E. anatiformis Kun, 2001 and E. vietmiella Kun, 2001) are newly recorded for China; one species (E. crocosoma Meyrick, 1914) is newly recorded for the Mainland China. The male of E. susa Kun & Szabóky 2000 and the females of E. antennipilosa Wang & Li, 2004, E. vietmiella Kun, 2001 and E. yeni Kun, 2001 are reported for the first time. Images of adults and genitalia are provided.

Taxonomy of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China

KIM

et al. 2023

Thirty species of the genus Calamotropha Zeller, 1863 from China are reviewed. Five species are described as new: C. bleszynskii Kim & Li, sp. nov., C. duovirgata Kim & Li, sp. nov., C. nigerifera Kim & Li, sp. nov., C. parallela Kim & Li, sp. nov. and C. parvispina Kim & Li, sp. nov.; two species are newly recorded for China: C. alcesta Bleszynski, 1961 and C. punctivenella (Hampson, 1896). The female of C. sperlingi Li, 2019 is described for the first time. Calamotropha multicornuella Chen & Song, 2002 syn. nov. is synonymized with C. sienkiewiczi Bleszynski, 1961, and C. sawtoothella Chen & Song, 2002 syn. nov. is synonymized with C. latella (Snellen, 1890). Images of adults and genitalia of 28 known species with available specimens are provided, except images of genitalia provided by Li & Li in 2012. A key to the known Calamotropha species in China is included.

Description of twelve new species of the genus Ripeacma Moriuti, Saito & Lewvanich (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China

2022

Twelve new species of the genus Ripeacma Moriuti, Saito & Lewvanich, 1985 are described: R. anisopenis sp. nov., R. apicilispina sp. nov., R. bihamatilis sp. nov., R. bitriangulata sp. nov., R. dissectaedeaga sp. nov., R. magnimaculata sp. nov., R. stigmosa sp. nov., R. acerba sp. nov., R. ellipsoidea sp. nov., R. hamatispina sp. nov., R. mediprocessa sp. nov. and R. trilobata sp. nov.; R. chandratati Moriuti, Saito et Lewvanich, 1985 is newly recorded for the Chinese fauna. Images of adults and genitalia of the new species are provided.