Nemophora limenites ( Meyrick, 1914 )

Liao, Cheng-Qing, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Yagi, Sadahisa, Wang, Min, Wang, Xing & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2023, The fauna of the family Adelidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Adeloidea) from China, Zootaxa 5348 (1), pp. 1-152 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5348.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0E2E659D-1490-4E0B-B198-D08FC7CC5394
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16762033
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B33D1F-FFA9-912A-FF10-FD5E73E42F56
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Nemophora limenites ( Meyrick, 1914 )
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Treatment

(22) Nemophora limenites ( Meyrick, 1914) View in CoL

Nemotois limenites Meyrick, 1914: 61 View in CoL (TL: Formosa, Kankau [ Taiwan, Pingdong]; BMNH); Hua 2005: 2 (list of China).

Nemophora limenites: Shao et al. 2008: 550 View in CoL (Checklist of Taiwan); Heppner 1992: 63 (Checklist of Taiwan).

Nemotois limenitis [sic!]: Matsumura 1931: 1112, fig. 2336 ( Taiwan); Matsumura 1932: 122, pl. 4, fig. 7 ( China, Taiwan).

Diagnosis. This species is very similar to N. aurifera but can be distinguished by the following features: body size small, wing expanse about 14 mm; palpus short and whitish; antenna white, towards base shining dark purplefuscous; forewing central fascia whitish, very narrow straight, widely interrupted in middle.

Specimens examined. Not available in this study.

Distribution. China ( Taiwan).

Remarks. This species is endemic to Taiwan, including Pingtung, Tainan, and Nantou, and mainly occurs from April to May ( Meyrick 1914; Matsumura 1931, 1932).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
SuperFamily	Adeloidea
Family	Adelidae
Genus	Nemophora