Taxonomic review of the genus Mithuna Moore (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), with descriptions of two new genera and seventeen new species
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The Oriental footman-moth genus Mithuna Moore, 1878 is reviewed. Two new genera and 17 new species are described: Eilemithuna gen. n. (type species: Ilema transducta de Joannis, 1930); Mithunoconosia gen. n. (type species: Mithuna clivusa Bucsek, 2012); Mithuna armata sp. n. (NE India), Mithuna atkinsoni sp. n. (NE India), Mithuna bolovena sp. n. (Laos), Mithuna bucseki sp. n. (Thailand, Laos and Vietnam), Mithuna flabellata sp. n. (Thailand), Mithuna fletcheri sp. n. (NE India), Mithuna lamdonga sp. n. (Vietnam), Mithuna meghalaya sp. n. (NE India), Mithuna ochrocephala sp. n. (Thailand), Mithuna phahompoka sp. n. (Thailand), Mithuna pianma sp. n. (China, Yunnan), Mithuna robusta sp. n. (Thailand), Mithuna securis sp. n. (Vietnam), Mithuna suthepia sp. n. (Thailand), Mithuna swanni sp. n. (Myanmar), Mithuna thaica sp. n. (Thailand), and Mithuna wilemani sp. n. (Taiwan). Seven new combinations are introduced: Pseudopelosia fuscivena (Hampson, 1896), comb. n., Mithuna bilineata (Bucsek, 2020), comb. n., Eilemithuna dimidilinea (Černý, 2009), comb. n., Eilemithuna transducta (de Joannis, 1930), comb. n., Mithunoconosia clivusa (Bucsek, 2012), comb. n., Mithunoconosia pulverea (Bucsek, 2012), comb. n. and Mithunoconosia strigifera (Hampson, 1900), comb. n. Lectotype is designated for Mithuna arizana Wileman, 1911. Adults and male and female genitalia of all species considered are illustrated.
Source: Israel journal of entomology
Authors: Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7115181781
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