Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Magnolia Press
Source : Zootaxa
Url : https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5040.4.6
Campus : Coimbatore
School : School of Agricultural Sciences
Year : 2021
Abstract : A new species of carpenter moth Xyleutes ramamurthyi Yakovlev & Sankararaman, sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Zeuzerinae) is described as new to science from the Western Ghats of south India. The identification key and species catalog of the genus is provided. In this study, we illustrated with images of all the species of the genus and morphological structures of the new species. The photos of biotopes and the map of new species distribution are provided.
Cite this Research Publication : ROMAN V. YAKOVLEV, HARIHARAKRISHNAN SANKARARAMAN, RAJASEKARAN KRISHNA BALAJI, VALAPPIL BALAKRISHNAN, A world catalogue of Xyleutes Hübner, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Zeuzerinae) with description of a new species from the Western Ghats of India, Zootaxa, Magnolia Press, 2021, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5040.4.6