Notes on the species of Naarda Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Hypeninae) from mainland China, with the description of a new species and establishment of a new synonymy

• Published in: Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 437 - 442
• Main Author: Tóth, Balázs
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2019; 한국응용곤충학회
• Subjects: Asia; Genitalia; Labial palps; Morphology; Naarda postpallida; Newly found female; Revision; 농수해양학; Genitalia; Revision; Asia; Morphology; Labial palps; Naarda postpallida; Newly found female
• ISSN: 1226-8615; 1876-7990
• DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2019.02.004

The species Naarda postpallidade Joannis, 1929 is reported for the first time from mainland China. Naarda pectinataSugi, 1982 is synonymised with N. postpallida on the basis of material from Vietnam. This species can immediately be recognised by its dark grey forewing, white hindwing and several genital characters. The female genitalia of N. postpallida, together with those of N. lingualisTóth and Ronkay, 2015 are presented for the first time. Naarda macrostigma sp. n. is described. The hitherto known nine Chinese Naarda species are listed. With nineteen figures. www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:092AE905-08AA-4818-BDA8-2B9EF150793A [Display omitted] •I describe a new species of the poorly known genus Naarda Walker, 1866 from China.•I synonymise N. pectinata with N. postpallida and give its first record from China.•The hitherto unknown females of N. postpallida and N. lingualis are presented.•The number of known Naarda species of mainland China is raised to nine.