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A new species of Neospastis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Xyloryctidae) on tea (Camellia sinensis) in Hong Kong

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. D. Bradley
J. D. Bradley
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology
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A species of Xyloryctid moth bred from larvae feeding on the leaves of tea (Camellia sinensis) in Hong Kong is described as new and is named Neospastis sinensis sp.n. The species is differentiated from the three other known representatives of the genus, and also from Synchalara rhombota (Meyr.), which is a pest of tea in India, and S. rhizograpta Meyr., which was originally described from China. Illustrations of both sexes of the adult and genitalia and of N. sinensis are given.

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , February 1967 , pp. 199 - 201
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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References

Clarke, J. F. G. (1955). Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. 2 p. 453, pl. 225.—London, Brit. Mus.Google Scholar