Original Paper

Seven new species of the genus Circobotys Butler from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), with a checklist of the world

  • Shuxia Wang ,
  • Qiang Gao
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  • College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

Online published: 2018-04-24

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31672372)

Abstract

Seven Circobotys species are described as new from China: C. albimarginata Wang, sp. nov., C. unicolor Wang, sp. nov., C. serratilinearis Wang, sp. nov., C. sinuata Wang, sp. nov., C. flavimarginalis Wang, sp. nov., C. minutimacularis Wang, sp. nov. and C. obscuriptera Wang, sp. nov. Photographs of adults and genitalia of the new species are provided, along with a map showing the distribution of the species in China. A checklist of the genus Circobotys Butler of the world is given.

Cite this article

Shuxia Wang , Qiang Gao . Seven new species of the genus Circobotys Butler from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), with a checklist of the world[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2018 , 43(2) : 196 -210 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201818

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