Scopelodes kwangtungensis Hering, 1931

Pan, Zhaohui & Wu, Chunsheng, 2015, New and little known Limacodidae (Lepidoptera) from Xizang, China, Zootaxa 3999 (3), pp. 393-400 : 397

Scopelodes kwangtungensis Hering, 1931

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New record to Xizang

Scopelodes venosa kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 , In: Seitz, Macrolep. World, 10: 689, fig. 87e. Type locality: China: “Kwang-tung, Liu-ping”. Lectotype: ♂ (ZMHB)

Scopelodes venosa kwangtungensis f. brunnea Hering, 1931, In: Seitz, Macrolep. World, 10: 689. Type locality: [Guangdong]. Type: ♀ (ZMHB).

Scopelodes kwangtungensis Hering : Wu et Fang, 2009, Acta Entomol. Sinica, 52 (6): 687.

This species is differs from Scopelodes venosa Walker by the labial palpus with apical hair-tuft white or pale brown totally.

Specimens examined. Hanmi (2123m), Medog County, Xizang, 2 ♂♂, 2013. VII.19-20, leg. Pan Zhaohui, gen. slide WU0334.

Distribution. Xizang, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Gansu; India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Remarks. This species is reported for the first time in Xizang.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Adults. 1. Pseudohampsonella bayizhena Wu & Pan, sp. nov., male, holotype; 2. Pseudocaissa marvelosa (Yoshimoto), male; 3. Squamosa monosa Wu & Pan, sp. nov., male, holotype; 4. Scopelodes kwangtungensis Hering, male; 5. Miresa urga Hering, male