台灣產夜蛾科台灣莫夜蛾新種描述

台灣莫夜蛾 (Mormo owadai Wu, 2013)正模標本，存於林試所昆蟲標本館

文獻來源：Wu S (2013) Mormo owadai sp. nov., a new dypterygiini moth endemic to Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae). Tinea 22(4): 266-268.

Abstract

The genus Mormo Ochsenheimer, 1816 is firstly recorded in Taiwan with description of one new species, M. owadai sp. nov. The Japanese M. cyanea Sugi, 1982 is similar to this new species in external appearance but can be separated well through male genitalic structures.

簡介

本篇文章描述台灣新紀錄屬、新種台灣莫夜蛾 (Mormo owadai sp. nov.)，目前僅兩隻指定模式標本分別產於花蓮關原與南投畢碌溪。