Review of the Eilema group of lichen moths from South Korea, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)

Abstract

This review details the Korean species of the Eilema group in the subfamily Arctiinae of Erebidae: 19 species in five genera (Manulea, Collita, Katha, Dolgoma, and Wittia), a new species (Collita hwacheonensis Bayarsaikhan & Bae, sp. nov.), and an unrecorded species [C. vetusta aegrota (Butler 1877)]. All species are diagnosed, and figures of the adults and genitalia and a key to species based on male genital structure of Eilema group in South Korea are included.

Keywords

Lepidoptera / Erebidae / Biodiversity / Seasonal changes / Eilema / Collita hwacheonensis / New species / South Korea

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