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Nephelomilta Hampson 1900

  • 1. Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy ˗ ro, Yeonsu ˗ gu, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea. & Bio ˗ Resource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, 119 Academy ˗ ro, Yeonsu ˗ gu, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea. Convergence Research Center for Insect Vectors, Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Songdo ˗ dong, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea.
  • 2. bmustafa 12 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0865 - 7974.
  • 3. Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy ˗ ro, Yeonsu ˗ gu, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea. & hwkwon @ inu. ac. kr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9340 - 7974
  • 4. Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy ˗ ro, Yeonsu ˗ gu, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea. & Bio ˗ Resource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, 119 Academy ˗ ro, Yeonsu ˗ gu, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea. Convergence Research Center for Insect Vectors, Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Songdo ˗ dong, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea. & baeys @ inu. ac. kr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7356 - 5633

Description

Genus Nephelomilta Hampson, 1900

Nephelomilta Hampson, 1900, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 2: 468.

Type species: Lyclene suffusa Hampson, 1891, by the original designation.

= Kailasha Singh & Kirti, 2015, Arctiid Moths of India 1: 79. Type species: Barsine effracta Walker, 1854, by the original designation.

Remark. The genus was characterized by Volynkin & Černy (2018).

Distribution. Volynkin & Černy (2018) provided a checklist, with species distribution. Members of this genus are widespread from Sri Lanka though India, the Himalayas, Southwestern and Southern China, Taiwan to Sumatra and Java Islands.

Notes

Published as part of Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Mustafa, Bilal, Kwon, Hyung Wook & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2023, One new species and one new record of Nephelomilta Hampson (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Southeast Asia, pp. 589-592 in Zootaxa 5256 (6) on page 590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.6.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7762606

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hampson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Arctiidae
Genus
Nephelomilta
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Nephelomilta Hampson, 1900 sec. Bayarsaikhan, Mustafa, Kwon & Bae, 2023

References

  • Hampson, G. F. (1900) Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosinae) in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 2, 1 - 589.
  • Kirti, J. S. & Singh, N. (2015) Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1. Nature Books India, New Delhi, 205 pp.
  • Volynkin, A. V. & Cerny, K. (2018) Revision of the genus Nephelomilta Hampson, 1900, with descriptions of twelve new species and two new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4472 (3), 401 - 451. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4472.3.1