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Pluma Liang, Solovyev & Wang 2023, gen. nov.

  • 1. Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China Department of General and Molecular Biology, Samara State Medical University, Samara, 443099, Russia & 619484197 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0307 - 6345
  • 2. solovyev _ alexey @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4837 - 2554
  • 3. Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China Department of General and Molecular Biology, Samara State Medical University, Samara, 443099, Russia & houshuaiwang @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0796 - 9768

Description

Pluma Liang, Solovyev & Wang gen. nov.

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Type species: Pluma shuni Liang, Solovyev & Wang sp. nov., by present designation.

Diagnosis. The genus is diagnosed by the following characters: (1) bipectinate antennae up to the tip with long rami; (2) hardly separable obscure dark postmedial fascia running from wing apex to 2/3 dorsum; (3) male genitalia with unmodified uncus, gnathos, valvae and juxta, short and robust aedeagus, vesica with two or three large clusters of bristle-shaped cornuti.

Description. Male adults (Figs 2–5). Small sized moths. Forewing length 8–14 mm, wingspan 17–28 mm. Head. Antennae strongly bipectinate, each ramus with many trichoid sensilla (Fig. 6). Frons flattened with beige-brown bristles. Labial palpus pale straight, about 1.5–2.0 times as long as diameter of compound eyes (Fig. 7). Ocellus absent, and proboscis reduced.

Thorax. Tibia spur formula: 0-2-4. Forewing ground color gray or brown, uniform, with hardly separable obscure dark postmedial fascia running from wing apex to 2/3 dorsum.

Venation (Figs 12–13): Frenulum developed. Forewing: Sc and R 1 almost parallel, R 2, R 3 and R 4 stalked, the discal cell split with M 1. Hind wing: in Sc+R1, R 1 is partially or completely fused with Sc; Rs and M 1 on the short base, vein M bisecting the cell.

Male genitalia (Figs 8–11). Uncus well developed, with sclerotized apical spur. Gnathos strong and slender. Valvae elongate without saccular process, rounded apically. Juxta simple and flattened. Aedeagus short and wide. Vesica with two or three large clusters of bristle-shaped cornuti.

Female unknown.

Etymology. The specific name is given after the Latin “ Pluma feather, meaning adults of this genus with strongly bipectinate, feather-like antennae.

Comments. The phylogenetic relationships of the genus and the corresponding lineage within south-east Asian Limacodidae (sensu Holloway, 1986; Holloway et al., 1987) are not clear as no data on immature stages and female morphology.

Notes

Published as part of Liang, Jiamin, Solovyev, Alexey V. & Wang, Houshuai, 2023, Pluma, a new genus of slug moths (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from South China with descriptions of two new species, pp. 246-256 in Zootaxa 5301 (2) on page 248, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/8030354

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Liang, Solovyev & Wang
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Limacodidae
Genus
Pluma
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Pluma Liang, Solovyev & Wang, 2023

References

  • Holloway, J. D. (1986) The Moths of Borneo: Key to Families Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Ratardidae, Dugdeonidae, Epipyropidae and Limacodidae. The Malayan Nature Journal, 40, 1 - 166.
  • Holloway, J. D., Cock, M. J. W. & Desmier de Chenon, R. (1987) Chapter 3. Systematic account of South-east Asian pest Limacodidae. In: Cock, M. J. W., Godfray, H. C. J. & Holloway, J. D. (Eds.), Slug and Nettle Caterpillars. CAB International, Wallingford, pp. 15 - 117.