One new species and one newly recorded species of the genus Lasiochira Meyrick, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from China

Aihui Yin; Yanpeng Cai

doi:10.3897/zookeys.918.48544

One new species and one newly recorded species of the genus Lasiochira Meyrick, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from China

Zookeys. 2020 Mar 12:918:143-150. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.918.48544. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Aihui Yin¹, Yanpeng Cai¹

Affiliation

¹ Morphological Laboratory, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou, China Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Guiyang China.

Abstract

Lasiochira wuzhishanensis Yin, sp. nov. is described herein from the island province of Hainan, China. It is diagnosed from a similar species, Lasiochira jianfengensis Yin, Wang & Park, 2014. Both species are sympatric in Hainan province, but the latter is also known in northern Vietnam. Lasiochira pallidiptera Yin, Wang & Park, 2014 is recorded for the first time from China. Color images of the adults and genitalia of the above three species are provided. In addition, a checklist and a geographical distribution map of all species of Lasiochira Meyrick are included.

Keywords: Checklist; key; morphology; moth; taxonomy.

Aihui Yin, Yanpeng Cai.