First record of the genus Schistomitra Butler, 1881 (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae) from China, with the description of a new species

Si-Yao Huang; Yuan Zhang; Min Wang; Xiao-Ling Fan

doi:10.3897/zookeys.878.35364

First record of the genus Schistomitra Butler, 1881 (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae) from China, with the description of a new species

Zookeys. 2019 Oct 7:878:145-155. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.878.35364. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Si-Yao Huang¹, Yuan Zhang², Min Wang¹, Xiao-Ling Fan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China South China Agricultural University Guangzhou China.
² School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou China.

Abstract

The epicopeiid moth genus Schistomitra Butler, 1881 is reported outside Japan for the first time, with a new species, Schistomitra joelmineti Huang & Wang, sp. nov., described from the southern part of Shaanxi and Gansu Province in China. Photographs of adults and genitalia are provided, and the distribution pattern of the genus is discussed.

Keywords: Geometroidea; East Asia; Stewartia, taxonomy; host plant; oriental swallowtail moth.

Si-Yao Huang, Yuan Zhang, Min Wang, Xiao-Ling Fan.