Owada Mamoru, Wu Shipher
National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo, Tsukuba, 305-0005 Japan.
Zootaxa. 2019 Aug 9;4652(3):zootaxa.4652.3.13. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.13.
Asian herminiine moths of the Herminia decipiens complex are revised and five allopatric species are recognized, i.e. Herminia decipiens (Hampson, 1898) in Nilgiri Hills, Khasi Hills, South China, Indochina, Malay Peninsula, H. terminalis (Wileman, 1915) in Taiwan, H. yuksam sp. nov. in East Nepal, Sikkim, H. borneo sp. nov. in Borneo and H. amamioshima sp. nov. in Amami-oshima Is., Shimo-Koshikijima Is. and South Kyushu (Kagoshima). Key to all species is given.
对赫氏伪尺蛾复合体的亚洲赫氏尺蛾亚科蛾类进行了修订,确认了五个异域分布的物种,即尼尔吉里丘陵、卡西丘陵、中国南部、印度支那、马来半岛的赫氏伪尺蛾(Hampson,1898年),台湾的端赫氏伪尺蛾(Wileman,1915年),东尼泊尔、锡金的新物种尤克萨姆赫氏伪尺蛾,婆罗洲的新物种婆罗洲赫氏伪尺蛾,以及奄美大岛、下甑岛和南九州(鹿儿岛)的新物种奄美赫氏伪尺蛾。给出了所有物种的检索表。