Description of a new moss-feeding species of Cidariplura Butler, 1879 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) from China

Hui-Lin Han; Liang Tang; Min Wang; Mamoru Owada

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5285.2.9

Description of a new moss-feeding species of Cidariplura Butler, 1879 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) from China

Zootaxa. 2023 May 16;5285(2):373-380. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5285.2.9.

Authors

Hui-Lin Han¹, Liang Tang², Min Wang³, Mamoru Owada⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Forestry; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin 150040; P. R. China; Northeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin; 150040; P. R. China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education; Northeast Forestry University; Harbin 150040; P. R. China. hanhuilin@aliyun.com.
² Department of Biology; Shanghai Normal University; Shanghai; 200234; P. R. China. staphylinidae@shnu.edu.cn.
³ Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510642; P. R. China. minwang@scau.edu.cn.
⁴ Department of Zoology; National Museum of Nature and Science; Amakubo 4-1-1; Tsukuba; 305-0005; Japan. owada@kahaku.go.jp.

PMID: 37518700
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5285.2.9

Abstract

A new species of Cidariplura Butler, 1879, Cidariplura guiyuea sp. n. is described from Guizhou and Guangdong Provinces, China, which was reared from larva to adult feeding on Cyrto-hypnum gratum (P. Beauv.) Buck & Crum. The new species is illustrated with images of the adult, male genitalia and compared with similar species Cidariplura bilineata (Wileman & South, 1919) and Cidariplura brevivittalis (Moore, 1867).