Two new species of Palpifer Hampson (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Yunnan, China
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Two new species of the genus Palpifer Hampson, 1893 are described. The first species, named P. qinglai sp. nov. from Yunnan University in Kunming, Yunnan, China, is similar to P. sexnotatus (Moore, 1879) but distinguished by differences in forewing pattern, male genitalia structure and DNA barcode sequence. The second species, named P. bazi sp. nov. from Mengzi, Honghe, Yunnan, China, resembles P. boonei Grehan & Mielke, 2019 but also differs in the same characteristics.
Source: Zootaxa
Authors: ZHEN-BANG XU, JOHN R. GREHAN, ZI-YI YANG, HAO-LIN GAN, SHAO-JI HU
Institutions: Yunnan University, OpenScienceLab
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4409638958