Leucoma melanoscela (Collenette, 1934)

Xie, Linzhe, Wang, Ming, Chen, Yusi & Wang, Houshuai, 2022, Review of the genus Leucoma Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from China, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5115 (3), pp. 361-380 : 368

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5115.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:96A98403-B1DD-4671-8678-146940CF8686
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6362243
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scientific name	Leucoma melanoscela (Collenette, 1934)
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Leucoma melanoscela (Collenette, 1934) View in CoL

( Figs 11–12 View FIGURES 11‒18 , 26 View FIGURES 25–29 , 34 View FIGURES 30–35 )

Caviria melanoscela Collenette, 1934b: 139 View in CoL .

Stilpnotia melanoscela: Chao, 1978: 55 View in CoL .

Leucoma melanoscela: Chao, 2003: 291 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. The species is close to L. sericea ( Moore, 1879) , but can be easily separated from the latter by thorax with a pair of black slashes dorsally, hind tarsi black, aedeagus narrower at distal part, female genitalia with a longer ductus.

Material examined. 1♀, Nanshan National Park, Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Shaoyang City , Hunan, 11-13.VIII.2020, altitude of 661m, leg. L.Z. Xie. 2♂, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, Yingde County, Qingyuan City , Guangdong, 29.IV–1.IV.2018, leg H.S. Wang . 1♂, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, Baisha Li Autonomous County , Hainan, 22.IV.2018, 19.83 N 109.50 E, altitude of 565m, leg. Z.P. Miao, F.H. Wei. GoogleMaps 1♀, Wu-kung mountain, Luxi County, Pingxiang City , Jiangxi, 15.IX.2015, altitude of 380m, leg. M. Wang.

Distribution. China ( Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Hunan, Hainan).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Erebidae
SubFamily	Lymantriinae
Genus	Leucoma