Report on two species of noctuid moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae s.l.) new to China and one new record species in continental fauna

Abstract

This paper reports two noctuid moths, Atrachea japonica (Leech, 1889) and Autographa macrogamma (Eversmann, 1842) that are new to the Chinese fauna. They are distributed in Tahe County in Daxing’anling forest region, China. In addition, a new recourd species, Neustrotia rectilineata Ueda, 1987, which is described from Mt, Sudo-san, Korea and Hotso, Prov. Taiwan, is newly added to continental fauna of the family Noctuidae s.l.. The external characteristics, genitalia photos, and the distributional ranges of those species are provided, and all the materials examined in this study are deposited in the collection of the Entomological Laboratory, Forestry college of Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.

Keywords

New record / Noctuidae / Systematics: China

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