Caliginoptyx zofera ( Volynkin, 2023 ), 2024

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Thysanoptyx Hampson generic complex (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). I. The genus Collitoptyx Volynkin with descriptions of two new genera, two new subgenera and six new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 77, pp. 44-68 : 64-67

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6BAC225E-7706-4046-91AF-DDCFF4D215A3
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE7B87A8-FFE8-FFD4-FF15-6AF2FDDBF62C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Caliginoptyx zofera ( Volynkin, 2023 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Caliginoptyx zofera ( Volynkin, 2023) View in CoL , comb. n.

( Figs 29 View Figures 25–33 , 49 View Figures 49–51 )

Thysanoplisna zofera Volynkin, 2023 View in CoL , Ecologica Montenegrina View in CoL , 69: 57, figs 3, 14 (Type locality: “N. Vietnam, 1400m, [Hòa Bình Province] Mai-chau GoogleMaps , [20°50'N 104°50'E], 40 km SE Moc chau”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Figs 29 View Figures 25–33 , 49 View Figures 49–51 ): male, “N. Vietnam, 1400m | [Hòa Bình Province] Mai-chau, 20.50’N [20°50'N] | 104.50’E [104°50'E], 40km SE Moc | chau, Urwald [jungle], 7.–15.IV | GoogleMaps

1995, leg. Sinjaev [recte: Sinyaev], ex. | coll. Schintlmeister ” / Slide | ZSM Arct. | 2021- 364♂ | A. Volynkin ” (MWM/ ZSM) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 14.0 mm in the male holotype. The detailed comparison with

C. vientiana sp. n. is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. The species is known only from its type locality in Northern Vietnam (Hòa Bình

Province) ( Volynkin 2023).