Published March 13, 2023 | Version v1
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Darna Walker 1862

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Northeast Forestry University, School of Forestry, Harbin 150040, China.
  • 2. Northeast Forestry University, School of Forestry, Harbin 150040, China. & Northeast Forestry University, Northeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center, Harbin 150040, China. & Northeast Forestry University, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management, Harbin 150040, China.

Description

Genus Darna Walker, 1862

Darna Walker, 1862, J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 174.

Type species: Darna plana Walker, 1862, by monotypy.

Note. The genus includes middle-sized, being at least partly pale dull orange or pinkish orange moths. The male antennae are bipectinate till to the tip. The forewings are triangular in shape, with black discal spot and dark, not well defined, external fascia. The hind wings are pale. The tibial spurs are 0-2-4. The larvae are of the nettle-type.

The male genitalia are diagnostic: the uncus is divided into two balloon-shaped parts, thickly covered with rows of scales; the gnathos is very slender and hook-shaped; the costal process in valva is a single flexed spine or with an apical patch of setae.

The genus is reported for the first time from China.

Notes

Published as part of Wu, Jun & Han, Hui-Lin, 2023, New species and records of Paroxyplax Cai, 1984 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) and its allies from China, with a checklist of the treated genera, pp. 383-397 in Zootaxa 5254 (3) on page 393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7727694

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Walker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Limacodidae
Genus
Darna
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Darna Walker, 1862 sec. Wu & Han, 2023

References

  • Walker, F. (1862) Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous insects collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology, 6, 82 - 145 + 171 - 198. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1862. tb 00945. x