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1 March 2011 A Review of the Genus Miresa Walker in China (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)
Chun-Sheng Wu, Alexey V. Solovyev
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Abstract

Eight species of the genus Miresa Walker are recognized in China including two new species, M. fangae Wu & Solovyev and M. polargenta Wu & Solovyev, described herein. M. burmensis Hering species is reported for the first time in China. The M. argentifera kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 taxon is raised to full specific status. The lectotypes are designated for the following 5 taxa: M. bracteata Butler, 1880 (♂, Natural History Museum, London); M. fulgida Wileman, 1910 (♂, Natural History Museum, London); M. bracteata var. orientis Strand, 1915 (♂, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden); M. argentifera kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 (♂, Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) and M. urga Hering, 1933 (♂, Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin). The photographs of moths and their genitalia are given, a key to the Chinese species of the genus is provided, and the distributional maps are also given.

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Chun-Sheng Wu and Alexey V. Solovyev "A Review of the Genus Miresa Walker in China (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)," Journal of Insect Science 11(34), 1-16, (1 March 2011). https://doi.org/10.1673/031.011.0134
Received: 25 January 2010; Accepted: 1 June 2010; Published: 1 March 2011
KEYWORDS
Miresa argentifera kwangtungensis stat. n.
Miresa bracteata
Miresa bracteata var. orientis
Miresa burmensi
Miresa fangae sp. n.
Miresa fulgida
Miresa polargenta sp. n.
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