中国无蚬蛾科分布——“蒲公英蚬蛾”实为一种蚕蛾

Lemoniidae are not distributed in China:the moth identified as Lemonia taraxaci(Lepidoptera:Leomoniidae) in China is actually a bombycid species(Lepidoptera:Bombycidae)

本研究通过重新检视中国科学院动物所王林瑶定名标本,发现了王林瑶(1998)以"我国新纪录——蚬蛾科"为题描述的蒲公英蚬蛾Lemonia taraxaci(Denis&Schiffermüller,1775)标本为蚕蛾科圆端家蚕Rotunda rotundapex(Miyata&Kishida,1990)的错误鉴定,应取消蚬蛾科在中国的分布记录。本文重新描述了误订标本的形态特征,并提供了成虫、翅脉和外生殖器照片,并对圆端家蚕R.rotundapex与蒲公英蚬蛾L.taraxaci的主要特征进行了比较分析。

After reexamining the specimens identified by WANG Lin-Yao （1998） as Lemonia taraxaci （Denis ＆ Schiffermüller, 1775） in his paper titled “Lemoniidae-New to China” and deposited in Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, we found that it is a misidentification of Rotunda rotundapex （Miyata ＆ Kishida, 1990） （Lepidoptera： Bombycidae）, so the record of the family Lemoniidae in China by WANG （1998） should be canceled. We redescribed the morphological characteristics of the misidentified specimens, provided the photos of the adults, wing venation and genitalia, and compared the diagnostic characteristics of this bombycid species and the true Lemonia taraxaci.