Ivela yini

Ivela yini
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Ivela
Species:	I. yini
Binomial name
Ivela yini Xie & Wang, 2022

Ivela yini is a species of moth from the genus Ivela . ^[1] It was originally described by Lin-Zhe Xie and Hou-Shuai Wang in 2022.

Description

Difference in genitalia is a distinctive feature to identify I. yini

Ivela yini is a tussock moth that resembles Dendrophleps semihyalina . The specimens of this species are superficially similar to several tussock moths with which it is sympatric. I. yini specimens can be distinguished by superficial differences of which some are shown below where I. yini and Dendrophlebs semihyalina are compared, but can also be confirmed by dissecting the genetalia. ^[1]

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  Figures 3–8. Adults 3‒6 Ivela yini sp. nov. (3 male, holotype 4 female, paratype 5 male, paratype 6 female, paratype) 7, 8 Dendrophleps semihyalina (7 male 8 female). Scale bars: 10 mm.
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  Figures 9–13. Field images of adults 9‒11 Ivela yini sp. nov. male (9 dorsal view 10 lateral view 11 ventral view of head) 12, 13 Dendrophleps semihyalina (12 male, dorsal view 13 female, dorsal view).

Range & habitat

Both the holotype and paratypes were found in a forest between 1000‒1315 m in elevation in the Nanling National Nature Reserve in Guangdong, in South China. ^[1]

Etymology

Ivela yini is named after Ran Yin, who discovered the pupa. The name is in the genitive form. ^[1]

References

1. Lin-Zhe Xie; Kun-Yuan Li; Liu-Sheng Chen; Hou-Shuai Wang (20 April 2022). "A new species of the genus Ivela Swinhoe (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Lymantriinae) from Guangdong, China". ZooKeys . 1097: 103–116. doi: 10.3897/ZOOKEYS.1097.79109 . ISSN   1313-2989. Wikidata   Q111732243.

External links

• Media related to Ivela yini at Wikimedia Commons