Two new Spilarctia Butler from Southwestern China (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini)

Abstract

Two new species of Arctiini genus Spilarctia Butler, 1875 are described from Southwestern China: Spilarctia alisauskasi Dûda, Saldaitis & Volynkin, sp. n. (Yunnan Province) and Spilarctia dzyta Saldaitis, Volynkin & Dûda, sp. n. (Sichuan Province). The new species are similar to Spilarctia quercii (Oberthür, 1911) and Spilarctia gianellii (Oberthür, 1911), respectively. Adults and genitalia are illustrated.