Three new species of Herpetogramma Lederer (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from China.

ABSTRACT: Five species of the genus Herpetogramma in China are studied with morphological and DNA barcode data. Herpetogrammabiconvexa Wan, Lu & Du, sp. nov., H.longispina Wan, Lu & Du, sp. nov., and H.brachyacantha Wan, Lu & Du, sp. nov. are described as new. Herpetogrammarudis (Warren) and H.magna (Butler) are newly diagnosed. Photographs of the habitus and genitalia of these five species are provided.

SUBMITTER: Lu XQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6663933 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature