A striking new genus and species of tiger-moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) from the Caribbean, with molecular and morphological analysis of its systematic placement.

نویسندگان

  • Benoit Vincent
  • Mehrdad Hajibabaei
  • Rodolphe Rougerie
چکیده

Westindia Vincent, a new genus, is proposed for W. haxairei Vincent, a new species of Neotropical tiger-moth described from Dominican Republic. Habitus, male and female genitalia are described and figured. The systematic position of the new genus within Arctiinae is discussed in light of a comparative morphology and a molecular phylogeny derived from the DNA barcode fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene and of the D2 region of the 28S rDNA gene.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Zootaxa

دوره 3760  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014