Description of a new species of Lasiocesa Koçak from miombo woodlands in Malawi (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Pinarini)
New Lasiocesa Koak, 2013 species, Lasiocesa ladislavi sp. nov., is described from the Central Zambezian wet miombo woodlands ecoregion of Malawi. The new species is compared with four other known Lasiocesa species. Adults, their genitalia, distribution maps and photos of the habitat of the new species are illustrated.
Authors
- Julia S. Volkova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4014-3140)
- Amy Junnila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8321-7808)
- Harald Sulak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8138-3538)
- Aidas Saldaitis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0999-3996)
- Edita E. Revay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0512-0303)
- Alexey M. Prozorov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5668-0741)
- Tatiana A. Prozorova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3466-5249)
- Roman V. Yakovlev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-8709)
- Günter C. Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7024-0179)
Institutions
- Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov (UZ)
- Altai State University (RU)
- Ulyanovsk State University (RU)
- National Research Tomsk State University (RU)
- Hadassah Medical Center (IL)
- Yahoo (Spain) (ES)
- University of Bamako (ML)
- Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (ML)
- Nature Research Centre (LT)
- Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.5
- Primary Topic
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00