Taikona Arita & Gorbunov, 2001

Yu, Tiantian, Kallies, Axel, Arita, Yutaka, He, Jinfu, Li, Haijun, Yata, Naoki & Li, Xueyan, 2024, Two new species of the genus Taikona Arita & Gorbunov, 2001 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 5443 (1), pp. 135-140 : 136-139

Taikona Arita & Gorbunov, 2001

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Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 7(2), 165. Type species: Taikona matsumurai Arita & Gorbunov, 2001 . Pühringer & Kallies 2004 Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzkammergut, 4, 19; Pühringer & Kallies 2024.

Key to the genus Taikona

1. Abdomen with yellow stripes........................................................................... 2

- Abdomen without yellow stripes......................................................................... 4

2. Forewing with developed discal spot..................................................................... 3

- Forewing with undeveloped discal spot; abdomen tergite 2–7 each with a broad yellow stripe............. Taikona ikedai

3. Forewing with broad outer margin; discal spot of hindwing distinctly; tergite 4 black, tergite 6 yellow.... Taikona actinidiae

- Forewing with undeveloped outer margin; discal spot of hindwing nearly undeveloped; tergite 4 distally with a narrow pale yellowish stripe, tergite 6 with a narrow, laterally broadened, yellow stripe posteriorly.............. Taikona matsumurai

4. Hindwing with undeveloped discal spot................................................................... 5

- Hindwing with developed discal spot, tergites 6–7 red-orange; sternites 3–5 with a red-orange spot medially...................................................................................... Taikona gaoligongshana sp. nov.

5. Head with vertex brick-brown with dark orange scales laterally; basal joint of labial palps orange-red; mid and apical joint of labial yellow; patagia dark red-orange; mid and hind coxae orange...................... Taikona extraordinaria sp. nov.

- Head, thorax, and legs without orange scales.................................................. Taikona polevoyi