Li Houhun, Zhang Zhenguo
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China; Email:
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
Zootaxa. 2016 Feb 26;4084(3):391-405. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.3.5.
Five species of the genus Epicephala Meyrick, 1880 are reported based on specimens collected from leaves or reared from fruits of different Glochidion plants (Phyllanthaceae) in southern part of China. Epicephala duoplantaria Li, sp. nov., E. daltonii Li, sp. nov., E. jianfenglingina Li, sp. nov. and E. assamica Li, sp. nov. are described as new; E. ancylopa Meyrick, 1918 is redescribed and recorded from China for the first time. Photographs of adults and genital structures are provided.
基于采自中国南方不同算盘子属(大戟科)植物叶片的标本或从果实中饲养获得的标本,报道了埃庇蛾属(Epicephala Meyrick,1880)的5个物种。描述了4个新物种,即双植埃庇蛾Li, 新种(Epicephala duoplantaria Li, sp. nov.)、道尔顿埃庇蛾Li, 新种(E. daltonii Li, sp. nov.)、尖峰岭埃庇蛾Li, 新种(E. jianfenglingina Li, sp. nov.)和阿萨姆埃庇蛾Li, 新种(E. assamica Li, sp. nov.);重新描述了1918年的梅里克钩翅蛾(Epicephala ancylopa Meyrick),并首次记录其在中国的分布。提供了成虫和生殖器结构的照片。