Mimaporia, Wei & Yen, 2017

Huang, Si-Yao & Martin, Geoff, 2025, Description of a new species of the genus Mimaporia Wei & Yen (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Epicopeiidae), Zootaxa 5618 (1), pp. 129-136 : 135

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.9

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F929B644-CBC0-43DB-A88C-BB220AD8CEB2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15264660

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038E878D-FFE0-FFB4-7BE6-CBA4FA08F8FD

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Mimaporia
status

 

Key to the genus Mimaporia based on superficial characters

1 Size larger, length of forewing at least 28 mm; antennae bipectinate............................................. 2

- Size smaller, length of forewing less than 24 mm, antennae unipectinate.......................................... 3

2 Hindwing with a black band of various length in the pale yellow discal area, submarginal series well-developed, cilia black from apex to vein CuA 1................................................................... M. suiae sp. nov.

- Hindwing without a black band in the pale yellow discal area, submarginal series obsolete, cilia yellowish white from apex to vein CuA 1 .................................................................................... M. owadai

3 Hindwing pale discal area larger, occupied more than 3/4 of the hindwing, veins not strongly suffused with black in the basal half........................................................................................... M. pura

- Hindwing pale discal area smaller, occupied about half of the hindwing, veins strongly suffused with black black in the basal half......................................................................................... M. hmong

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SuperFamily

Geometroidea

Family

Epicopeiidae

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