A new species of Sacada Walker, 1862 from Thailand (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Pyralinae)

A new species of Sacada from northern Thailand is described: S. chaehomensis sp. nov. Pellinen & Zahiri (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Pyralinae). Morphological characters and DNA barcode data are provided for the new species, with a morphological comparison to S. dzonguensis a...

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Main Authors: Markku J. Pellinen, Reza Zahiri, Pasi Sihvonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-11-01
Series:Evolutionary Systematics
Online Access:https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/59893/download/pdf/
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Summary:A new species of Sacada from northern Thailand is described: S. chaehomensis sp. nov. Pellinen & Zahiri (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Pyralinae). Morphological characters and DNA barcode data are provided for the new species, with a morphological comparison to S. dzonguensis and S. umtasorensis, and a DNA-barcode comparison to S. ragonotalis and S. albioculalis, respectively. After this addition, the current number of valid species in the genus Sacada is 43.
ISSN:2535-0730