Abstract
Macrobathra Meyrick, 1883 is a cosmopterigid genus, comprising over 130 species. The present study documents the genus in Taiwan for the first time with two newly recorded species, M. flavidus Qian & Liu, 1997 and M. latipterophora Li & Wang, 2004, and a new species, M. basilutea Lu, Liang & Hsu, sp. nov., is described herein. Images of adults and genitalia of both sexes are provided for the new species, along with a key to the Macrobathra species from Taiwan. DNA barcodes of the three species are provided. A host plant of M. latipterophora, Quercus pachyloma, is also recorded for the first time. Sexual dimorphism is described in M. basilutea sp. nov.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 230-242 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Zootaxa |
| Volume | 5750 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2026 Jan 19 |
Keywords
- Microlepidoptera
- new record
- new species
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Animal Science and Zoology
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