New species and new records of the genus Thubana Walker (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) from China, with a checklist of the genus in the country
2025
Shuai Yu | Shuxia Wang
Five species of the genus Thubana Walker, 1864 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from China are described as new: Th. porcata sp. nov., Th. quadrilatera sp. nov., Th. rongjiangensis sp. nov., Th. similidalgona sp. nov. and Th. yingjingensis sp. nov. Two species are newly recorded for China: Thubana circularis Park, 2006 and Thubana fangensis Park, 2003. The female of Th. felinaurita Li, 2010 is described for the first time. Images of dorsal habitus and genitalia for all the treated species are presented and a checklist of the Chinese species of Thubana is included in this article.
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