TY - JOUR
T1 - A remarkable new species of the genus Teinotarsina (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Okinawa-jima, Japan
AU - Yagi, Sadahisa
AU - Hirowatari, Toshiya
AU - Arita, Yutaka
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Sadahisa Yagi et al.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - A new species of long-legged clearwing moth Teinotarsina aurantiaca Yagi, Hirowatari & Arita, sp. n. is described from Okinawa-jima, the Ryukyus, Japan. The species is distinguishable at a glance from other related congeners by the remarkable orange scales ornamenting many parts of the body, such as antennae, palpi, legs, and wings. We hypothesize that the species acquired these differences as a result of convergence with toxic species (Batesian mimicry) or other mimics (Müllerian mimicry).
AB - A new species of long-legged clearwing moth Teinotarsina aurantiaca Yagi, Hirowatari & Arita, sp. n. is described from Okinawa-jima, the Ryukyus, Japan. The species is distinguishable at a glance from other related congeners by the remarkable orange scales ornamenting many parts of the body, such as antennae, palpi, legs, and wings. We hypothesize that the species acquired these differences as a result of convergence with toxic species (Batesian mimicry) or other mimics (Müllerian mimicry).
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U2 - 10.3897/zookeys.571.7780
DO - 10.3897/zookeys.571.7780
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84960129115
SN - 1313-2989
VL - 2016
SP - 143
EP - 152
JO - ZooKeys
JF - ZooKeys
IS - 571
ER -