The monotypic genus Nephelobotys Munroe &amp; Mutuura, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae): two new species from Laos and a newly combined species from Korea

Jae-Ho Ko; Ulziijargal Bayarsaikhan; Tak-Gi Lee; Yang-Seop Bae

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.3

The monotypic genus Nephelobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae): two new species from Laos and a newly combined species from Korea

Zootaxa. 2022 Sep 19;5188(3):264-274. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.3.

Authors

Jae-Ho Ko¹, Ulziijargal Bayarsaikhan², Tak-Gi Lee³, Yang-Seop Bae⁴

Affiliations

¹ DASARI Research Institute of BioResources, Dunsan-daero, 117 beon-gil, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35203, South Korea. . [email protected].
² Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22012, South Korea . [email protected].
³ Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22012, South Korea . [email protected].
⁴ Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22012, South Korea . [email protected].

PMID: 37044780
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.3

Abstract

The genus Nephelobotys is newly recorded from Laos and two new species Nephelobotys denticulatus sp. nov. and Nephelobotys forcipatus sp. nov. are newly described. Nephelobotys evenoralis (Walker, 1859) comb. nov., is also newly reported from Korea. Illustrations of adults and genitalia are provided. The differences with related genus Torulisquama Zhang & Li, 2010 are briefly discussed.

MeSH terms

Animals
Genitalia
Laos
Lepidoptera* / classification