文獻來源: Pan ZH, Zhu CD, Wu CS (2013) A review of the genus Monema Walker in China (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). ZooKeys 306: 23-36. (連結)
Four species and one subspecies of the genus Monema Walker, 1855 are recognized from China, in which Monema tanaognatha Wu & Pan sp. n. is described as new, Monema coralina Dudgeon, 1895 and Monema meyi Solovyev & Witt, 2009 are newly recorded for China. The female of Monema meyi is reported for the first time. Monema nigrans de Joannis, 1901 and Monema melli Hering, 1931 are synonymized with Monema flavescens Walker, 1855. Cnidocampa rubriceps Matsumura, 1931 is regarded here as a subspecies of Monema flavescens Walker, 1855. The photographs of moths and their genitalia are given. A key to the species of the genus is provided.
黃刺蛾經常被認為是一種森林害蟲,廣布東北亞與東亞地區。台灣也產Monema flavescens這個種,但採獲量並不算高。西藏大學與中國科學院的學者對這個種群進行分類檢討並發表了中國產新種M. tanaognatha。他們同時也認為台灣產族群應可獲得亞種位階,並把松村松年在1931年所描述的Cnidocampa rubriceps復活使用,成為黃刺蛾台灣亞種的亞種小名。但仔細一看,這個研究根本沒有檢查任何台灣產標本,連標本影象都是俄國人提供的,請問這是那門子分類研究?分類學研究的基本工就是要親眼實證,連台灣族群都沒見過,又如何憑空捏造這樣的分類處理?我認為這樣的研究居然還能通過審查者的審查,還發表了,真是這個期刊之恥。