Eospilarctia Koda , 1988

Saldaitis, Aidas, Ivinskis, Povilas, Witt, Thomas & Pekarsky, Oleg, 2012, Review of the Eospilarctia yuennanica group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from the Indo - Himalayan region, with description of two new species and one subspecies, ZooKeys 204, pp. 57-70 : 57-58

Genus Eospilarctia Koda, 1988

Eospilarctia Kôda, 1988. Tyô to ga Zoologist 39(1): 39-45

Type species:

Seiarctia lewisii Butler, 1885, by original designation.

Genus characteristic.

Species of this genus typically have a medium wingspan, long bipectinate antennae, a red patagium, a narrow red abdomen, yellow tegulae, white or yellow longitudinal fascia transversing brown forewings, pale white or yellow-white hindwings with various sized brown spots in terminal and discal areas.

Male genitalia. Uncus massive, wide base abruptly narrowing at the tip; tegumen medium size; gnathos reduced; valvae simple with even edges but concave, rough or rounded at the apex; juxta wide with wide excision; saccus short, semioval form; aedeagus straight, longer than valvae; vesica multiplex.

Female genitalia. Papilla analis massive; apophysis posterioris approximately 2.5 times shorter than apophysis anterioris; ductus short; bursa bisaccate, rounded, without signum.

Distribution.

Fourteen species of Eospilarctia are distributed in China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan.

Key to Eospilarctia species related to Eospilarctia yuennanica yuennanica (Daniel, 1943) based on external characters

Key to species Eospilarctia related to Eospilarctia yuennanica yuennanica (Daniel, 1943) based on male genital characters

Description of new taxa