Description of a new Xestia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from Sichuan Province, China
A new species, Xestia maniganggia sp. nov., morphologically similar to Xestia eugnorista (Boursin, 1963) and Xestia mane Gyulai, 2017, is described from the Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests ecoregion. Adults and genitalia are illustrated, and a map showing the collection localities is provided.
Authors
- Julia S. Volkova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4014-3140)
- Aidas Saldaitis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0999-3996)
- Anton V. Volynkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-4925)
- Alexey M. Prozorov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5668-0741)
- Péter Gyulai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3878-2880)
Institutions
- Ulyanovsk State University (RU)
- Nature Research Centre (LT)
- Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (DE)
- Bavarian Natural History Collections (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2026-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5900.2.6
- Primary Topic
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00