A review of Apha floralis species group (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae)

5 species of the genus Apha Walker, 1855 are included here under the floralis group, three of which are described as new: A. zephyrus sp. nov. (type locality: China, Yunnan, Dianceng Shan, 2.200 m), A. witti sp. nov. (type locality: China, Sichuan, Qionglai Shan, 1.400 m) and A. chloralis sp. nov. (...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Acta Biologica Sibirica
Main Authors: Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Pugaev, Sergey N., Du, Tran Thieu
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020
Subjects:
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycoidea
Eupterotidae
Apha
Apha floralis
Cephalornis
Coelenterata
Bilateria
Nephrozoa
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Circumscriptional names of the taxon under
Notchia
Carbotriplurida
Boltonocostidae
Circumscriptional names
Pterygota
Circumscriptional name
Basal
Eumetabola
Strashila incredibilis
Panorpida
Amphiesmenoptera
Porina
Galacticoidea
Heteroneura
Ditrysia
Cossina
Bombycina
Bombyciformes
China
Vietnam
Apha floralis group
taxonomy
morphology
new species
Sibirica
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/4393258
https://doi.org/10.3897/abs.6.e59529
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Summary:5 species of the genus Apha Walker, 1855 are included here under the floralis group, three of which are described as new: A. zephyrus sp. nov. (type locality: China, Yunnan, Dianceng Shan, 2.200 m), A. witti sp. nov. (type locality: China, Sichuan, Qionglai Shan, 1.400 m) and A. chloralis sp. nov. (type locality: Vietnam, Cha Val, Nam Giang, Quang Nam, 546 m). Types of all species are illustrated, biology and morphology of preimaginal instars are discussed for A. kantonensis Mell, [1930] and A. chloralis sp. nov. A new synonymy for Apha Walker, 1855 and Preptothauma Draudt, 1931 (including a single mislabeled species P. oxydiata Draudt, 1931), syn. nov. is established.

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