Open AccessA new species of Naarda Walker, 1866 from the northern Oriental region (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Hypeninae)
Author(s) -
Balázs Tóth
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annales musei historico-naturalis hungarici/annales historico-naturales musei nationalis hungarici
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2786-1368
pISSN - 0521-4726
DOI - 10.53019/annlsmushistnathung.2021.113.51
Subject(s) - erebidae , lepidoptera genitalia , genus , zoology , altitude (triangle) , congener , geography , low altitude , biology , ecology , archaeology , mathematics , chemistry , geometry , chromatography
Naarda scutigera sp. n. is described, based on three specimens from Nepal, Cambodia and Vietnam. The female genitalia have characteristic features, which appear only in one known congener. The new species was collected at low altitude, below 500 m, which is a poorly studied vertical zone for the genus. With six figures.