''Ivela yini'' is a
species
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of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
from the
genus
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''
Ivela
''Ivela'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1903. The type species is ''I. auripes''.
Species
*' Butler, 1877
*''Ivela eshanensis'' C. L. Chao, 1983 (transferred to ''Himala eshanensis ...
''.
It was originally described by
Lin-Zhe Xie and
Hou-Shuai Wang in 2022.
Description
''Ivela yini'' is a
tussock moth
The Lymantriinae (formerly called the Lymantriidae) are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893.
Many of its component species are referred to as "tussock moths" of one sort or another. The ca ...
that resembles ''
Dendrophleps semihyalina''. The specimens of this species are superficially similar to several tussock moths with which it is
sympatric
In biology, two closely related species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter each other. An initially interbreeding population that splits into two or more distinct spe ...
. ''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.
Range & habitat
Both the
holotype
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and
paratypes
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were found in a forest between 1000‒1315 m in elevation in the
Nanling National Nature Reserve in
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
, in South China.
Etymology
''Ivela yini'' is named after Ran Yin, who discovered the
pupa
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. The name is in the
genitive form
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.
References
External links
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Lymantriinae
Moths described in 2022
Lepidoptera of China
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