Description of a new species of the genus
Rhynchina Guene′e,1854
(Lepidoptera,Erebidae,Hypeninae)from
Southeastern Tibet, China
Zhao-Hui Pan1?Hui-Lin Han1,2
【摘 要】Abstract:A new species of the genus Rhynchina Guene′e, 1854,R.tongmaia Pan and Han,sp.n.is described from China.This species is compared with a supercially similar congener,R.rivuligera Butler,1889 with illustrations of their imagoes and genitalia. 【期刊名称】林业研究(英文版) 【年(卷),期】2015(000)003 【总页数】4
【关键词】Keywords:Erebidae·Hypeninae·Rhynchina·New species·China
Introduction
The genus Rhynchina Guene′e,1854 comprises more than 55 species with its high diversity in Indian–Australia region,(Gaal1998;Han 2008;Lo¨dl1994,1997,1998a,b,c,1999a,b;Lo¨dland
Gaal1998;Mayerl1998;Mayerland Lo¨dl 1997,1999;Poole 1989).This genus currently belongs to the subfamily Hypeninae ofthe family Erebidae according to molecular phylogenetic studies(e.g.Zahiri et al.2011,2012).The Chinese species of Rhynchina has been studied by a few European and American lepidopterists:Poole(1989)listed two
Description of a new species of the genus Rhynchina Guene



