Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (Sep 2019)
New record of Poliosia Hampson, 1900, from Laos (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)
Abstract
The genus Poliosia Hampson (1900) is reported for the first time in Laos, for four newly recorded species, Poliosia cubitifera (Hampson, 1894), Poliosia marginata (Hampson, 1900), Poliosia concolora Holloway, 2001, and Poliosia cardamomensis Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2018. Illustrations of adults and genitalia of the examined species are provided, with a key to species of Laos on the basis of the external morphology and the male genitalia. Keywords: Lichen moth, New record, Taxonomy