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Published on: May 19, 2018
Resurrection of the genus Eremothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae)
Si-Yao Huang1, Geoff Martin2, Marianne Espeland3
1Arthropoda Department; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig; Adenauer Allee 127; Bonn 53113; Germany. S.Huang@leibniz-lib.de.
Abstract:
The African lacturid genus Eremothyris Walsingham, 1897 stat. rev. is resurrected from the synonym of Gymnogramma Zeller, 1852 based on the examination of the type species of both genera. The checklist of the genus Eremothyris is provided. The following new combinations are given: E. atmocycla (Meyrick, 1918) comb. n., E. privata (Meyrick, 1924) comb. n., E. racemosa (Meyrick, 1918) comb. n., E. sphaerobola (Meyrick, 1924) comb. n. and E. tabulatrix (Meyrick, 1930) comb. n. Adult and genitalia of the type species of the genera Eremothyris and Gymnogramma are illustrated.

