A new species of the genus Daplasa Moore from China based on morphological and molecular evidence (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae)

Zootaxa. 2021 Mar 22;4948(3):zootaxa.4948.3.8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4948.3.8.

Abstract

A new species, Daplasa medoga sp. nov., is described from Tibet, China. The new species can be distinguished morphologically from all other known Daplasa species by its male genitalia with a sagittate uncus and distally broadly crotched valvae. The validity of new species is well supported by the molecular phylogenetic analyses of one mitochondrial gene (COI) and two nuclear genes (EF-1α RPS5), with a total length of 2,324 bp.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, Daplasini, megoda, male genitalia, phylogenetic analyses, Tibet.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • China
  • Genes, Mitochondrial
  • Lepidoptera*
  • Male
  • Moths* / genetics
  • Phylogeny