Naydenov A.E.1, Yakovlev R.V.1, Penco F.C.2, Witt Th.J.3 2019. A new genus and species of the subfamily Zeuzerinae Boisduval, [1828] (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Brazil // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.28. No.1: 82–83 [in English].
1 Altai State University, pr. Lenina 61, Barnaul 656049, Russia. E-mails: colias24@mail.ru ; yakovlev_asu@mail.ru
2 Fundación de Historia Natural “Félix de Azara”, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Antropología, Universidad Maimуnides, Hidalgo 775 piso 7 (1405BDB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: fernando_penco@hotmail.com
3 Museum Witt, Tengstrasse 33, D-80796, Munich, Germany. E-mail: thomas@witt-thomas.com
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.28.1.13
ABSTRACT. The new species and new genus, Listrada sulbaiana Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco et Witt, gen. et sp.n., from Brazil (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Zeuzerinae) are described. The apomorphies of the new genus are: the specific external characters (the alternation of longitudinal pale and dark strokes on the fore wing), the simple valves, the absence of subsuncuses, the very short thick phallus and the semicircular base of the juxta.
KEY WORDS: Lepidoptera, Carpenter moths, Zeuzerinae, fauna, Neotropical Region.