Pacifimusotima Ko & Solis, new genus and species of the Musotiminae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from the Federated States of Micronesia, including two newly combined species

Jae-Ho Ko; M Alma Solis; David C Lees; Austin Albert Dasari

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.6

Pacifimusotima Ko & Solis, new genus and species of the Musotiminae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from the Federated States of Micronesia, including two newly combined species

Zootaxa. 2024 Aug 22;5497(1):111-122. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.6.

Authors

Jae-Ho Ko¹, M Alma Solis², David C Lees³, Austin Albert Dasari⁴

Affiliations

¹ RASARI Research Institute of BioResources; Dunsan-daero; 117 beon-gil; Seo-gu; Daejeon 35203; Republic of Korea. [email protected].
² Systematic Entomology Laboratory; Beltsville Agriculture Research Center; Agricultural Research Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture; National Museum of Natural History; MRC 168; Smithsonian Institution; P.O. Box 37012; Washington; District of Columbia; United States of America. [email protected].
³ Department of Science; Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; South Kensington; SW7 5BD; United Kingdom. [email protected].
⁴ Kosrae State Historic Preservation Office; Kosrae Island Resource Management Authority; Kosrae State; Federated States of Micronesia. [email protected].

PMID: 39647161
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.6

Abstract

Pacifimusotima kosrena Ko & Solis, gen. nov. & sp. nov., is described from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). We newly combine Parthenodes eugethes (Tams, 1935), comb. nov. and Parthenodes rectangulalis (Kenrick, 1907), comb. nov. in Pacifimusotima Ko & Solis. Illustrations of adults, genitalia, and brief remarks on related species are provided.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution*
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Female
Male
Micronesia
Moths* / anatomy & histology
Moths* / classification
Organ Size