Monema flavescens rubriceps
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Limacodidae
Genus: Monema
Name
Monema flavescens (Matsumura, 1931) stat. n. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cnidocampa rubriceps Matsumura, 1931: 105. Type locality: Taiwan, China.
- Monema rubriceps (Matsumura): Hering, 1931: 691.
Description
Wing expanse 30–32mm. It differs from Monema flavescens flavescens Walker by the red frons. The aedeagus about twice as long as valva, longer than that of ssp. flavescens.
Specimens examined
None. The image of the male genitalia of Monema rubriceps (Matsumura) was provided by Dr. Solovyev.
Distribution
Taiwan.
Remarks
Cnidocampa rubriceps is treated here as a subspecies of Monema flavescens because the male genitalia have the same structure, except for the aedeagus that is longer in ssp. rubriceps than in ssp. flavescens.
Taxon Treatment
- Pan, Z; Zhu, C; Wu, C; 2013: A review of the genus Monema Walker in China (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) ZooKeys, 306: 23-36. doi
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