Description of two new species of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from China.

ABSTRACT: Two new Cossidaespecies from China's Zhejiang and Sichuan provinces are described. The new species Phragmataecia monikasp. n.and Patoptoformis rimsaitesp. n. superficially resemble related congeners but can be distinguished by differences in wing pattern, genitalia and distribution. Checklists of the genera Phragmataecia and Patoptoformis are presented.

SUBMITTER: Ivinskis P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3349061 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature