Limbobotys, Munroe & Mutuura, 1970

Ko, Jae-Ho, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Kim, Jae Won & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2025, The genus Limbobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from Laos, with the description of a new species and a newly combined species, Zootaxa 5632 (2), pp. 337-348 : 338

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.2.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BA94441D-6BB9-4257-9517-E64932381234

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15376285

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D3E87A9-FFB5-272B-BAED-F99E2B85C7E2

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scientific name

Limbobotys
status

 

Key to the species of the genus Limbobotys View in CoL in Laos based on wings characters

1. Length of forewing less than 6 mm ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–5 )........................................................ L. limbolalis

- Length of forewing more than 6 mm ...................................................................... 2

2. Apex of forewing sharpened; termen of forewing strongly oblique ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–5 ).................. L. acutangulalis comb. nov.

- Apex of forewing rounded; termen of forewing relatively rounded.............................................. 3

3. Ground color of wings pale yellow ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–5 ).......................................................... L. acanthi

- Ground color of wings vivid yellow....................................................................... 4

4. Brown subterminal band completed from subterminal to terminal ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–5 )................................ L. ptyophora

- Brown subterminal band not completed from subterminal to terminal ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–5 )....................... L. digitatus sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Crambidae

SubFamily

Pyraustinae

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