Ptilophora ala Schintlmeister & Fang, 2001

Chen, Liusheng, Huang, Guohua & Wang, Min, 2010, The genus Ptilophora (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) in China, with description of a new species, ZooKeys 61, pp. 69-75 : 69

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.61.494

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Ptilophora ala Schintlmeister & Fang, 2001
status

 

Ptilophora ala Schintlmeister & Fang, 2001

Ptilophora jezoensis ala Schintlmeister and Fang 2001: 88; Kishida and Kobayashi 2002: 87; Wu and Fang 2003: 650.

Ptilophora fuscior Kishida and Kobayashi 2002: 87 [synonymised by Schlintlmeister, 2008].

Ptilophora ala ; Schintlmeister 2008: 323 [raised to species].

Notes.

This species can be distinguished by the postmedian fascia of the forewing, which is distinctly whitish, and the darker shading beyond the postmedian fascia.

Distribution:

China (Shaanxi and Sichuan Provinces).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Notodontidae

Genus

Ptilophora