On the synonymy of some taxa of the genus Xylena Hübner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

• Published in: Zootaxa Vol. 4350; no. 3; p. 583
• Main Authors: Saldaitis, Aidas, Volynkin, Anton V, Benedek, Balázs
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand 20.11.2017
• Subjects: Animal Distribution; Animal Structures; Animals; Asia, Eastern; China; Female; Male; Moths; Russia; Lepidoptera, Noctuidae

Xylena czernilai Volynkin, 2011 was described on the base of a single male from the Russian Altai Mts. (Volynkin 2011). Later, two externally similar taxa, Xylena alexander Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013 and Xylena andreas Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013 were described from Sichuan prov...