Contribution to the knowledge of pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) of the Borneo island with descriptions of two new species

Authors

  • Stanislav K. Korb Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod; Russian Entomological Society, Nizhny Novgorod Branch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2019-11-1-28-36

Keywords:

Pyraloid moths, contribution to fauna, the island of Borneo, new species

Abstract

The paper reports the outcomes of two expeditions to the island of Borneo organised by the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Russian Entomological Society. Based on the materials the expeditions collected, 117 species of Pyraloid moths were listed; 15 of these are new to the studied fauna (Hypsopygia nitidicilialis, Loryma recusata, Stericta divitalis, Thyridiphora gilva, Cirrhochrista annulifera, C. histricalis, Piletocera meekii, Cangetta haematera, Omiodes decisalis, O. nigriscripta, Coptobasis mesospectralis, Polythlipta cerealis, P. maceratalis, Nausinoe perspectata and Notarcha aurolinealis) and 2 species are new to science. The new species are: Cirrhochrista milada Korb, sp. n. and Paracymoriza platon Korb, sp. n. (type locality: Indonesia, Borneo, Sabah, Tambunan vicinity near Crocker Range National Park).

Обложка издания "Амурский зоологический журнал" (т. XI, № 1)

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Published

2019-07-01

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2019)

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