Nemophora limenites ( Meyrick, 1914 )

Liao, Cheng-Qing, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Yagi, Sadahisa, Wang, Min, Wang, Xing & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2023, The fauna of the family Adelidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Adeloidea) from China, Zootaxa 5348 (1), pp. 1-152 : 27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5348.1.1

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Nemophora limenites ( Meyrick, 1914 )
status

 

(22) Nemophora limenites ( Meyrick, 1914) View in CoL

Nemotois limenites Meyrick, 1914: 61 View in CoL (TL: Formosa, Kankau [ Taiwan, Pingdong]; BMNH); Hua 2005: 2 (list of China). Nemophora limenites: Shao et al. 2008: 550 View in CoL (Checklist of Taiwan); Heppner 1992: 63 (Checklist of Taiwan).

Nemotois limenitis [sic!]: Matsumura 1931: 1112, fig. 2336 (Taiwan); Matsumura 1932: 122, pl. 4, fig. 7 ( China, Taiwan).

Diagnosis. This species is very similar to N. aurifera but can be distinguished by the following features: body size small, wing expanse about 14 mm; palpus short and whitish; antenna white, towards base shining dark purplefuscous; forewing central fascia whitish, very narrow straight, widely interrupted in middle.

Specimens examined. Not available in this study.

Distribution. China (Taiwan).

Remarks. This species is endemic to Taiwan, including Pingtung, Tainan, and Nantou, and mainly occurs from April to May ( Meyrick 1914; Matsumura 1931, 1932).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Adelidae

Genus

Nemophora

Loc

Nemophora limenites ( Meyrick, 1914 )

Liao, Cheng-Qing, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Yagi, Sadahisa, Wang, Min, Wang, Xing & Huang, Guo-Hua 2023
2023
Loc

Nemotois limenitis

Matsumura, S. 1932: 122
Matsumura, S. 1931: 1112
1931
Loc

Nemotois limenites

Shao, K. T. & Peng, C. I. & Wu, W. J. 2008: 550
Hua, L. Z. 2005: 2
Heppner, J. B. 1992: 63
Meyrick, E. 1914: 61
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