Description of a new subgenus for <i>Himalaeabatanga</i> and its new sister species from Xizang Autonomous Region, China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Amphipyrinae, Psaphidini).

ABSTRACT: A new subgenus, Macrohimalaea subgen. nov., in the genus Himalaea Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998, is established and described for Himalaea (Macrohimalaea) batanga Saldaitis, Benedek & Volynkin, 2022 and for a new species, Himalaea (Macrohimalaea) silvanasp. nov. This new species is the type of the new subgenus. The new subgenus is distinct from the nominotypical one in having antennal pectination and its forewing shape and male genitalia. All four known adult specimens of the genus and their genitalia are illustrated and compared. Their collection localities are mapped.

SUBMITTER: Chen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12274898 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature