Viidalepp Jaan, Lindt Aare
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5D, EE-50104 Tartu, Estonia.; Email:
Estonian Museum of Natural History, Lai St 29A, EE-00001 Tallinn, Estonia.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2014 Sep 30;3869(2):165-70. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.2.6.
A new genus and species of Neotropical emerald geometrid moths, Haruchlora Viidalepp & Lindt, gen. nov., and Haruchlora maesi Viidalepp & Lindt, sp. nov. are described. The new genus differs from all other New World Geometrinae genera in having a bifid uncus, in characters of the pregenital segments of the male abdomen, and in the male genitalia.
描述了新热带区翡翠尺蛾的一个新属和新种,即哈鲁尺蛾属(Haruchlora Viidalepp & Lindt,新属)和梅西哈鲁尺蛾(Haruchlora maesi Viidalepp & Lindt,新种)。该新属与所有其他新大陆尺蛾亚科的属不同,其具有双裂形钩形突、雄性腹部生殖节前段的特征以及雄性生殖器特征。