Study on moths of the Herminia decipiens complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae) with descriptions of three new species

Mamoru Owada; Shipher Wu

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.13

Study on moths of the Herminia decipiens complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae) with descriptions of three new species

Zootaxa. 2019 Aug 9;4652(3):zootaxa.4652.3.13. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.13.

Authors

Mamoru Owada¹, Shipher Wu

Affiliation

¹ National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo, Tsukuba, 305-0005 Japan. user@example.com.

PMID: 31716865
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.13

Abstract

Asian herminiine moths of the Herminia decipiens complex are revised and five allopatric species are recognized, i.e. Herminia decipiens (Hampson, 1898) in Nilgiri Hills, Khasi Hills, South China, Indochina, Malay Peninsula, H. terminalis (Wileman, 1915) in Taiwan, H. yuksam sp. nov. in East Nepal, Sikkim, H. borneo sp. nov. in Borneo and H. amamioshima sp. nov. in Amami-oshima Is., Shimo-Koshikijima Is. and South Kyushu (Kagoshima). Key to all species is given.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, Allopatric speciation, Asia, variation of genitalia, male labial palpus, cryptic species.

MeSH terms

Animals
Borneo
China
Indochina
Lepidoptera*
Malaysia
Moths*
Nepal
Taiwan