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Systematics of the Genus Hyalinaria Bethune‐Baker, 1910 (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) With Five New Species

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT The Oiketicinae genus Hyalinaria Bethune‐Baker, 1910, is revised. The use of both morphological information and genetic sequence data indicates that Hyalinaria and Pseudoclania Bethune‐Baker, 1915 sp. nov. , are synonymous, with the latter genus here treated as a junior subjective synonym of the former. As such, all species previously placed with Pseudoclania were re‐examined and are transferred accordingly to Hyalinaria . Further to this, the problematic Acanthopsyche Heylaerts, 1881 clade of taxa recorded from New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago were critically re‐evaluated; due to the phylogenetic position of A. simulata Sobczyk, 2020, and morphological congruence, all species of this clade are transferred to Hyalinaria . Five new species of Hyalinaria are described, two from northern Australia, namely, Hyalinaria tenebra sp. nov. , and Hyalinaria acuta sp. nov. , and a further three new species from Papua New Guinea: Hyalinaria orbiculata sp. nov. , Hyalinaria fulva sp. nov. and Hyalinaria pulchella sp. nov. Examination of additional specimens of Hyalinaria extends the known distribution of eight species.

Source: Austral Entomology

DOI: 10.1111/aen.70083

Author: Ethan P. Beaver

Institutions: Australian National University, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australian National Insect Collection

Language: English

Topic: Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,400

OpenAlex ID: W7165114636

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