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2017 , Vol. 42 >Issue 4: 508 - 513

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201722

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Genus Autosticha Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from Taiwan, China

  • Yuqi Wang ,
  • Shuxia Wang
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  • College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China

Online published: 2017-10-24

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Abstract

Fourteen species of the genus Autosticha Meyrick, 1886 are recorded from Taiwan, China.The genus Cynicocrates Meyrick, 1935 is proposed as a new synonym of Autosticha, and its type species A. tachytoma (Meyrick, 1935) comb. nov. is transferred to Autosticha. Autosticha cordiformis sp. nov. is described as new, and A. tachytoma is redescribed with male for the first time. A checklist of all the described species in Taiwan is given. Photographs of the new species and the newly combined species are provided.

Key words： Cynicocrates; taxonomy; new species; new combination

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Yuqi Wang , Shuxia Wang . Genus Autosticha Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from Taiwan, China[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2017 , 42(4) : 508 -513 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201722

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