Description of Limyra, new genus with a new species and the redescription of Cibyra pluriargenteus (Viette), from southeastern Brazil (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae)

作者：Mielke Carlos G C^*; DelL'Erba Rafael; Duarte Marcelo

来源：Zootaxa, 2017, 4299(4): 581-591.

DOI：10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.8

• morphology
• Neotropical
• new taxa
• taxonomy

Cibyra pluriargenteus (Viette, 1955) is redescribed and both sexes are figured for the first time. The new monotypic genus Limyra, gen. nov., (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae) is erected to include L. silvai sp. nov. from Sao Paulo state, southeastern Brazil. The male genitalia are diagnostic for the genus. The male holotype is deposited in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

• 出版日期2017-7-31