First record of the family Neopseustidae from Yunnan, China with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Neopseustidae)

Zootaxa. 2023 Oct 20;5357(4):587-594. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.4.6.

Abstract

The family Neopseustidae is reported from Yunnan Province, Southwest China, for the first time, with a new species, N. gaoligongensis Huang & Chen, sp. n., described from Mt. Gaoligong, West Yunnan, based on molecular and morphological evidence. The new species was found to belong to the N. bicornuta species-group and is closely related to N. fanjingshana Yang, 1988, but can be distinguished from it by the differences in morphology and a 3.2% COI distance. Adults and genitalia of the new species and N. fanjingshana are illustrated, and the molecular phylogeny based on COI barcoding of the genus Neopseustis is also updated.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • China
  • Genitalia
  • Lepidoptera*
  • Phylogeny