A new species of Europlema Holloway, 1998 from Korea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae, Epipleminae)

A new species of Epipleminae, Europlema koreana Sohn, sp. n. is described from Korea on the basis of 15 specimens in the type series. It is distinguished from a congener, E. nubifasciaria (Leech, 1897) in the wing patterns and the features of the male and female genitalia. Its generic assignment to...

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Main Author: J. C. Sohn
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Language:English
Published: Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología 2022-06-01
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Online Access:https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/128
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description A new species of Epipleminae, Europlema koreana Sohn, sp. n. is described from Korea on the basis of 15 specimens in the type series. It is distinguished from a congener, E. nubifasciaria (Leech, 1897) in the wing patterns and the features of the male and female genitalia. Its generic assignment to Europlema Holloway, 1998 is discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-ee9a8eec81df4bb7af151a4678552a1f2025-08-20T03:32:36ZengSociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de LepidopterologíaSHILAP2340-40782022-06-015019810.57065/shilap.128A new species of Europlema Holloway, 1998 from Korea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae, Epipleminae)J. C. Sohn0Gongju National University of Education A new species of Epipleminae, Europlema koreana Sohn, sp. n. is described from Korea on the basis of 15 specimens in the type series. It is distinguished from a congener, E. nubifasciaria (Leech, 1897) in the wing patterns and the features of the male and female genitalia. Its generic assignment to Europlema Holloway, 1998 is discussed. https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/128LepidopteraUraniidaeEpipleminaeEuroplemaNorth KoreaSouth Korea
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A new species of Europlema Holloway, 1998 from Korea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae, Epipleminae)
SHILAP
Lepidoptera
Uraniidae
Epipleminae
Europlema
North Korea
South Korea
title A new species of Europlema Holloway, 1998 from Korea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae, Epipleminae)
title_full A new species of Europlema Holloway, 1998 from Korea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae, Epipleminae)
title_fullStr A new species of Europlema Holloway, 1998 from Korea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae, Epipleminae)
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Europlema Holloway, 1998 from Korea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae, Epipleminae)
title_short A new species of Europlema Holloway, 1998 from Korea (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae, Epipleminae)
title_sort new species of europlema holloway 1998 from korea lepidoptera uraniidae epipleminae
topic Lepidoptera
Uraniidae
Epipleminae
Europlema
North Korea
South Korea
url https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/128
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