夜蛾科木夜蛾亞科蘚綠夜蛾屬 (Atrovirensis)之分類研究回顧

Atrovirensis taiwani Gyulai, Ronkay & Wu, 2013 雄蟲 正模式標本 (台中科博館藏)

文獻來源：Gyulai, P., L. Ronkay & S. Wu. 2013. Survey of the taxa of the genus Atrovirensis Kononenko, 2001 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae): 123-134. Fibigeriana Supplement. Book series of Taxonomy and Faunistics. Volumn 1. Heterocera Press, Budapest.

Five new species of the genus Atrovirensis, A. annamita (Vietnam), A. pedibus (China), A. yoshimotoi (China), A. owadai (China and Vietnam) and A. taiwani (Taiwan) are described. The three main species-groups of the genus are characterised and all known species and their genitalia are illustrated. With 32 figures. 

蘚綠夜蛾屬 (Atrovirensis)為2001年由Dr. Kononenko由廣義陌夜蛾屬 (Trachea sensu lato)獨立來描述的新屬，過去僅有分別分布於北印度與中國之兩物種，本研究回顧此屬之分類歷史並描述五個新種，使此屬已知的分布範圍延伸至越南與台灣。台灣產物種即新紀錄屬新種 台灣蘚綠夜蛾 (Atrovirensis taiwani sp. n.)，目前據僅採集到之兩雄蟲標本，來瞭解此種成蟲發生於七八月台中鞍馬山區與南投梅峰山區，推測為一年一代。