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Neopseustis meyricki Hering 1925

Description

Neopseustis meyricki Hering, 1925

(Figs. 5, 6, 12, 16)

Diagnosis. Wing expanse 20–22mm. Basal 2/3 of forewing brownish, mottled with dark fuscous spots and with sparse scattering of silvery white scales; distal 1/3 whitish, mottled with large brownish spots, largest one along the costa from Sc2 to apex; one conspicuous geniculate spot from tornus to middle of R4, outward turn at the middle of M2. Hindwings with basal 2/3 grayish brown, distal 1/3 whitish with grayish brown edge from Sc2 to CuA1. Male genitalia with greatly lengthened parameres similar to that of N. sinensis, and lateroposterior process of anellus deeply forked basally forming two slender branches. Inner branch with smooth edge which can be distinguished from the coarsely serrated edge of N. archiphenax (Davis, 1975).

Material examined. Shihtyutou (=Shihtzutou), Nantou Hsien, Taiwan, 1 male, 25-III-1995, 1 male, 30- IV-1995, 1 female, 5-VIII-1996, 1 male, 1-IX-1992, 6 males, 8 females, 15-26-X-1992, 1 female, 14-X-1998, J. LUO leg., ex Y. Arita and B. Tanaka Collections.

Bionomics. All the moths were collected by a light trap set. Distribution. China (Taiwan).

Notes

Published as part of Chen, Liusheng, Owada, Mamoru, Wang, Min & Long, Yang, 2009, The genus Neopseustis (Lepidoptera: Neopseustidae) from China, with description of one new species, pp. 10-18 in Zootaxa 2089 on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187452

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hering
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Neopseustidae
Genus
Neopseustis
Species
meyricki
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Neopseustis meyricki Hering, 1925 sec. Chen, Owada, Wang & Long, 2009

References

  • Hering, M. (1925) Ueber die Gattung Neopseustis Meyrick (Lep.). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Berlin, 12 (1), 141 - 147.
  • Davis, D. R. (1975) Systematics and zoogeography of the family Neopseustidae with the proposal of a new superfamily (Lepidoptera: Neopseustoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 210, 1 - 45.