Open AccessDescription of the female of Witteulisna paraxena Volynkin (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
Author(s) -
Anton V. Volynkin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ecologica montenegrina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2337-0173
pISSN - 2336-9744
DOI - 10.37828/em.2021.47.8
Subject(s) - erebidae , lepidoptera genitalia , taxon , genus , zoology , type (biology) , genealogy , biology , geography , ecology , history
The hitherto unknown female of Witteulisna paraxena Volynkin, 2020, the type species of the monotypic genus Witteulisna Volynkin, 2020 is described. Adults and female genitalia of W. paraxena and the similar taxa of the genera Teulisna Walker, 1862 and Thysanoptyx Hampson, 1894 are illustrated.