Two new species of the tribe Rhodometrini Agenjo, 1951 from Sichuan, China (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.409

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Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Casilda, Rhodometra, diagnosis, morphology, taxonomy, China

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Two new species of the tribe Rhodometrini Agenjo, 1951 are described from Sichuan of China: Rhodometra rosea Cui, Xue & Jiang, sp. n. and Casilda hemirosea Cui, Xue & Jiang, sp. n. Diagnoses of the new species are provided; illustrations of external features and genitalia of the new species are also presented.

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2020-03-30

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Cui, L., Xue, D. Y., & Jiang, N. (2020). Two new species of the tribe Rhodometrini Agenjo, 1951 from Sichuan, China (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 48(189), 167–172. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.409

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