Latest Articles from Nota Lepidopterologica Latest 2 Articles from Nota Lepidopterologica https://nl.pensoft.net/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:17:20 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://nl.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Nota Lepidopterologica https://nl.pensoft.net/ Rondotia melanoleuca sp. nov., a new wild-mulberry silkworm from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae) https://nl.pensoft.net/article/109920/ Nota Lepidopterologica 47: 49-56

DOI: 10.3897/nl.47.109920

Authors: Zhengyang Liu, Xiwen Cao

Abstract: Several yellow larvae with black spots were discovered in the wild of Chinese Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, and were further raised in captivity. Reared adults exhibit a striking black and white wing pattern, and they represent unequivocally a new species, here described as Rondotia melanoleuca sp. nov. Molecular analyses suggest that this species could be sister to all previously known species of Rondotia.

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Research Article Thu, 7 Mar 2024 18:00:35 +0200
A new species of Micropterix Hübner, 1825 from the Orobian Alps (Italy) (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) https://nl.pensoft.net/article/5058/ Nota Lepidopterologica 38(2): 133-146

DOI: 10.3897/nl.38.5058

Authors: Hans Christof Zeller, Peter Huemer

Abstract: Micropterix gaudiella Zeller & Huemer, sp. n. is described from the southern part of the Orobian Alps (Piedmont, Italy) and compared with its likely closest relatives Micropterix isobasella Staudinger, 1871 and Micropterix stuebneri Zeller, Werno & Kurz, 2013. The new species is well characterized by its wing pattern and colour and by structures of the male genitalia. The species status is furthermore supported by molecular data of the DNA barcode region. The distance to its nearest neighbour Micropterix schaefferi Heath, 1975 is 2.65%. M. gaudiella is the seventh species of the genus Micropterix Hübner, 1825 probably endemic to the Alps.

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