Estigena Wallacei Sp. Nov. From West Flores, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

Abstract

Here we describe Estigena wallacei sp. nov., an endemic species from West Flores, Indonesia. No Estigena species were known from Flores Island so far, while E. caesarea (Zolotuhin & Witt, 2005) was described from Timor Island. The relationship between these two taxa is unclear, because E. caesarea was described based on four male specimens, whereas our species from Flores is known from a single female. However, the COI sequence of E. cf. caesarea from Timor available in the BOLD database is distant from that of the new species supporting our taxonomic hypothesis on the separate species-level status of E. wallacei sp. nov.

Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) from Flores Island, Lesser Sunda Archipelago: New occurrences in extreme environments and an island-level checklist of this group

“…Similar biogeographic patterns with the high prevalence of Oriental taxa and low proportion of Australian species were recovered in other insect groups on the Lesser Sunda Archipelago, e.g. Lepidoptera (Zolotukhin & Witt 2005;Spitsyn et al 2016Spitsyn et al , 2019Bolotov et al 2017Bolotov et al , 2018bBolotov et al , 2019, 2020aSpitsyn & Potapov 2020), and Coleoptera (Mohamedsaid 2009).…”

A new species of the genus Odonestis from the Flores Island, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

“…The genus Odonestis Germar, 1812 contains 19 species, according to the recent revision by Sergeev & Zolotuhin (2010) who note that among them, 11 species are known in Indonesia. However, no example species of this genus were found in the East Nusa Tenggara Province (Zolotuhin & Witt 2005;Zolotukhin 2009;Spitsyn et al 2019). Here, we present the first record of the genus Odonestis from East Nusa Tenggara and we describe the new species Odonestis bolotovi sp.…”

Eupterote elisavetae sp. nov. from Flores Island, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae)

“…Recently, numerous Lepidoptera species new to science were discovered from the East Nusa Tenggara Islands, primarily from Flores (Brechlin 2001;Zolotuhin & Witt 2005;Yakovlev 2006Yakovlev , 2015Nässig et al 2009;Zolotuhin 2009;Nässig & Bouyer 2010;Spitsyn et al 2016Spitsyn et al , 2019Bolotov et al 2017Bolotov et al , 2018Volynkin 2019). The Eupterotidae fauna on Flores contains two endemic species: Ganisa floresiaca Nässig, 2009 and Pseudojana floresina Nässig & Bouyer, 2010(Nässig et al 2009Nässig & Bouyer 2010).…”