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Caissa parenti Orhant, 2000 New

Description

Caissa parenti Orhant, 2000 New record to China (Figs. 2, 6)

Caissa parenti Orhant, 2000, Lambillionea, 3: 472.

Forewing length 10–12mm. In male genitalia, saccular process relatively narrow and short, pointed apically; juxta with a small spine at base and a long process bearing small spines at apical 2/ 3 in each side; aedeagus short, about 1/2 valva-length.

Specimens examined: Yunnan, Xiangyun County (2100m)1ɗ, 1980. VII.23, gen. slide no. L06072; Menghai County (1200m)1ɗ, 1981.VI.184ɗɗ, 1982. VI.22, Luo Hengwen, gen. slide no. L06073. Distribution: Yunnan; Myanmar.

FIGURES 1–4. Adults of Caissa spp. 1. C. gambita Hering, ɗ, Yunnan, Jingdong Co.; 2. C. parenti Orhant, ɗ, Yunnan, Xiangyun Co.; 3. C. longisaccula, sp. nov., ɗ, paratype, Hunan, Changsha City; 4. C. caii, sp. nov., ɗ, holotype, Shaanxi, Ningshan Co.

Notes

Published as part of Wu, Chunsheng & Fang, Chenglai, 2008, A review of the genus Caissa Hering in China (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), pp. 63-68 in Zootaxa 1830 on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183186

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Orhant, 2000 New
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Limacodidae
Genus
Caissa
Species
parenti
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Orhant, G. E. R. J. (2000) New species of Limacodidae from Myanmar and Thailand (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). Lambillionea, 100 (3) (Tome 2), 471 - 474.