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Limbobotys Munroe & Mutuura 1970

  • 1. DASARI Research Institute of BioResources, Dunsan-daero, 117 beon-gil, Seo-gu, 35203 Daejeon, South Korea
  • 2. Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22012, South Korea & Convergence Research Center for Insect Vectors, Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Songdo ˗ dong, Incheon, 22012, South Korea
  • 3. Yangpyeong Insect Museum, Gyeonggang-ro, Okcheon-myeon, Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, 12507, South Korea & Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22012, South Korea

Description

Key to the species of the genus Limbobotys in Laos based on wings characters

1. Length of forewing less than 6 mm (Fig. 4)........................................................ L. limbolalis

- Length of forewing more than 6 mm ...................................................................... 2

2. Apex of forewing sharpened; termen of forewing strongly oblique (Fig. 5).................. L. acutangulalis comb. nov.

- Apex of forewing rounded; termen of forewing relatively rounded.............................................. 3

3. Ground color of wings pale yellow (Fig. 2).......................................................... L. acanthi

- Ground color of wings vivid yellow....................................................................... 4

4. Brown subterminal band completed from subterminal to terminal (Fig. 1)................................ L. ptyophora

- Brown subterminal band not completed from subterminal to terminal (Fig. 3)....................... L. digitatus sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Ko, Jae-Ho, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Kim, Jae Won & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2025, The genus Limbobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from Laos, with the description of a new species and a newly combined species, pp. 337-348 in Zootaxa 5632 (2) on page 338, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5632.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/15372163

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Munroe & Mutuura
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Limbobotys
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Limbobotys Munroe, 1970 sec. Ko, Bayarsaikhan, Kim & Bae, 2025