A review of the genus Gaurenoglaea Ronkay, Ronkay, Gyulai & Hacker, 2010 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) with description of a new species from Xizang Autonomous Region, China

Abstract

Gaurenoglaea is a genus belonging to the tribe Xylenini. Since its establishment more than ten years ago, this genus has included only two species.A new species of the genus Gaurenoglaea Ronkay, Ronkay, Gyulai & Hacker, 2010, G. medogensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Xizang Autonomous Region, south-western China. The new species can be distinguished from the previous Gaurenoglaea species by the differences of forewing cilia and aedeagus. A key to the Gaurenoglaea species, based on morphology, is provided.

Keywords

• <i>Gaurenoglaea</i>
• Xylenini
• Medog
• Tibet
• Himal