@article {22558, title = {The first complete mitochondrial genome of the hawkmoth Marumba saishiuana (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) and insights into its phylogenetic position}, journal = {Mitochondrial DNA Part B}, volume = {7}, year = {2022}, pages = {1525-1527}, chapter = {1525}, abstract = {

\"In this study, we sequenced and analyzed the complete mitogenome of Marumba saishiuana Okamoto, 1924. The complete mitogenome sequence of M. saishiuana is circular, 15,662 bp in size and encodes 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and a control region (CR). Nucleotide composition is highly biased toward A\þT nucleotides (81.2\%). Most of 13 PCGs initiate with the standard start codon of ATN, except cox1, which starts with CGA. Phylogenetic analyses were performed using nucleotide sequences. A total of 32 Smerinthinae species were selected. The topology based on mitogenome showed that M. saishiuana, M. gaschkewitschii, and M. sperchius formed a clade, and this indicated that M. saishiuana was a member of genus Marumba. Polyptychus trilineatus was the most closely related to genus Marumba on the phylogenetic tree reconstructed by mitogenomes.\"

}, keywords = {CHINA, MARUMBA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MITOGENOME, PHYLOGENY, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, doi = {10.1080/23802359.2022.2110009}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2022.2110009}, author = {Meng, Y.-F. and Wang, Y and Wang, M. and Huang, Y.-X. and Wang, X.} } @article {22707, title = {A new species of the genus Andraca Walker, 1865 from Guangdong, China (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae)}, journal = {Tinea}, volume = {26}, year = {2022}, month = {08/2022}, pages = {252-253}, chapter = {252}, abstract = {

\"A new species of the genus Andraca Walker, 1865, A. zolotuhini sp. nov., is described from Guangdong, China.\"

}, keywords = {ANDRACA, CATALOGUE, CHINA, ENDROMIDAE, MALE GENITALIA}, author = {Kishida, Y. and Wang, M.} } @article {21943, title = {First record of Mimas tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758) from China (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)}, journal = {Tinea}, volume = {24}, year = {2019}, month = {02/2019}, pages = {250-251}, chapter = {250}, abstract = {

\"The lime hawkmoth, Mimas tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758) is reported from China for the first time in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at frontier area between China and Kazakhstan. The male adult and genitalia photos are illustrated.\"

}, keywords = {CHINA, MALE GENITALIA, MIMAS, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, author = {Huang, S-Y and Wang, M.} } @article {21885, title = {Phylogenetic relationships among Bombycidae s.l. (Lepidoptera) based on analyses of complete mitochondrial genomes}, journal = {Systematic Entomology}, volume = {44}, year = {2019}, month = {07/2019}, pages = {490-498}, chapter = {490}, abstract = {

\"The family Bombycidae (sensu Minet, 1994) is a diverse group of species belonging to the superfamily Bombycoidea. It is an economically important group of moth species, containing well-known silk-producing insects, as well as many pests of agriculture and forestry. The morphology-based hypothesis of Minet (1994) on the composition of Bombycidae is in conflict with subsequent phylogenetic hypotheses for the superfamily based on nuclear genes. In this paper, the complete mitochondrial genomes of nine species of Bombycidae are presented for the first time. Based on these genomes, four dataset partitions and three gblocks parameter settings, phylogenetic relationships among Bombycidae were reconstructed using maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods. Bombycidae was confirmed as a polyphyletic group, with the traditional subfamilies Prismostictinae and Oberthueriinae forming a single well-supported clade that is distant to Bombycinae. The phylogenetic relationships within Bombycoidea were supported as ((((Bombycinae, Sphingidae), Saturniidae), (Prismostictinae, Oberthueriinae)), Eupterotidae).\"

}, keywords = {ANDRACA, BAYESIAN INFERENCE, BOMBYCIDAE, BOMBYX, COMPARMUSTILIA, DNA, ENDROMIDAE, ERNOLATIA, GANISA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MITOGENOME, MUSTILIA, MUSTILIZANS, OCINARA, PHYLOGENY, PRISMOSTICTA, PRISMOSTICTOIDES}, doi = {10.1111/syen.12337}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12337}, author = {Wang, X. and Chen, Z.-M. and Gu, X.-S. and Wang, M. and Huang, G.-H. and Zwick, A.} } @article {21504, title = {The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3989}, year = {2015}, month = {07/2015}, pages = {1-138}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

\"Seventy-seven species of family Bombycidae s. lat., belonging to 25 genera in three subfamilies, that have been recorded from China are listed and described, with illustrations of the adults, preimaginal stages (if available), and their genitalia. Keys to subfamilies and genera are provided. Two new genera and four new species are described, two subgenera are raised to generic status, seven new combinations are made, and one genus and six species are newly recorded from China. The new taxa are as follows: Rotunda Wang, X. \& Zolotuhin, gen. nov., Comparmustilia Wang, X. \& Zolotuhin, gen. nov., Triuncina daii Wang, X. \& Zolotuhin, sp. nov., Triuncina xiongi Wang, X. \& Zolotuhin, sp. nov., Gnathocinara boi Wang, X. \& Zolotuhin, sp. nov. and Promustilia yajiangensis Wang, X. \& Zolotuhin, sp. nov. The taxa newly recorded for China are: Sesquiluna Forbes, 1955; Trilocha friedeli Dierl, 1978; Bivincula kalikotei Dierl, 1978; Sesquiluna forbesi Zolotuhin \& Witt, 2009; Mustilizans lepusa Zolotuhin, 2007; Smerkata brechlini (Zolotuhin, 2007) and Mustilia castanea Moore, 1879. The seven new combinations are: Rotunda rotundapex (Miyata \& Kishida, 1990), comb. nov., Triuncina nitida (Chu \& Wang, L.Y., 1993), comb. nov., Gunda sesostris (Vuillot, 1893), comb. nov., Smerkata fusca (Kishida, 1993), comb. nov., Comparmustilia sphingiformis (Moore, 1879), comb. nov., Comparmustilia semiravida (Yang, 1995), comb. nov., Comparmustilia gerontica (West, 1932), comb. nov.. The two subgenera raised to generic level are: Promustilia Zolotuhin, 2007, stat. nov. and Smerkata Zolotuhin, 2007, stat. nov.. The distributions of the species in China were determined and distributional maps provided. All type specimens of the new species described here are deposited in the College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, China (HUNAU); Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, China (SCAU); Kyushu University Museum, Kyushu University, Japan (KUM), and Entomological Museum Thomas J. Witt, Munich, Germany (MWM).\"

}, keywords = {ANDRACA, BIVINCULA, BOMBYCIDAE, BOMBYCINAE, BOMBYX, CATALOGUE, CHECKLIST, COCOON, COMPARMUSTILIA, DALAILAMA, ENDROMIDAE, ERNOLATIA, FEMALE GENITALIA, FOODPLANT, GNATHOCINARA, GUNDA, IMMATURE MORPHOLOGY, MALE GENITALIA, MUSTILIA, MUSTILIZANS, OBERTHUERIA, OBERTHUERINAE, OCINARA, PARASITOIDS, PENICILLIFERA, PRISMOSTICTA, PRISMOSTICTINAE, PRISMOSTICTOIDES, PROMUSTILIA, PSEUDANDRACA, RONDOTIA, ROTUNDA, SESQUILUNA, SMERKATA, THEOPHOBA, TRILOCHA, TRIUNCINA, VALVARIBIFIDUM}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1}, author = {Wang, X. and Wang, M. and Zolotuhin, V.V. and Hirowatari, T. and Wu, S. and Huang, G.-H.} } @article {18811, title = {A new species of the genus Ambulyx from Guangdong, China and remarks upon Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)}, journal = {Tinea}, volume = {19}, year = {2006}, month = {2006}, pages = {169-174}, chapter = {169}, keywords = {AMBULYX, CATALOGUE, CHINA, MALE GENITALIA, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, url = {http://publ.moth.jp/tinea/tinea19-3.pdf}, author = {Kobayashi, H. and Wang, M. and Yano, T.} } @article {18777, title = {On two species of Rhodoprasina (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from Guangdong, China}, journal = {Tinea}, volume = {17}, year = {2003}, month = {06/2003}, pages = {176-179}, chapter = {176}, keywords = {CATALOGUE, CHINA, MALE GENITALIA, RHODOPRASINA, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, author = {Kishida, Y. and Wang, M.} }