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Stenopsestis alternata Moore 1881

Description

Stenopsestis alternata (Moore, 1881)

Palimpsestis alternata Moore, 1881: 331, pl. 37: 2. Type-locality: India, Darjeeling, Sikkim. Holotype (MNHU). Stenopsestis alternata bryki Yoshimoto, 1993: 123, pl. 61: 10. Type-locality: Burma, Kambaiti. Holotype (NHRS).

Distribution. China (Gansu, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet), India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand.

Notes

Published as part of Jiang, Nan, Yang, Chao, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2015, An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species, pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 3941 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/288205

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Moore
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Drepanidae
Genus
Stenopsestis
Species
alternata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Stenopsestis alternata Moore, 1881 sec. Jiang, Yang, Xue & Han, 2015

References

  • Moore, F. (1881) Description of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881, 326 - 380, 2 plates.
  • Yoshimoto, H. (1993) Thyatiridae. In: Haruta, T. (Ed.), Moths of Nepal. Part 2. Tinea, 13 (Supplement 3), pp. 122 - 123, pl. 61.