[Entomology • 2025] Araeopteron maculas, A. simaoensis, ... • Four New and one newly recorded Species of Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Boletobiinae), with the Checklist of the Genus from China

[1-2]. Araeopteron maculas sp. nov.; 
[3] A. simaoensis sp. nov.; [4] A. submedogensis sp. nov.;
[7-8] A. kononenkoi sp. nov.

Jin, Yao & Han, 2025

DOI: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1256.159686 

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 are described: A. maculas sp. nov., A. simaoensis sp. nov., A. submedogensis sp. nov., and A. kononenkoi sp. nov., and A. xanthopis (Hampson, 1907) is reported for the first time from China. The new species are diagnosed based on the adult habitus and genitalia, and compared with related species. Meanwhile, the genitalia of A. xanthopis are illustrated and described for the first time in this study.

Key words: Guizhou, new record, new species, Noctuoidea, taxonomy, Xizang, Yunnan

Adults of Araeopteron spp.
1. A. maculas sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU); 2. A. maculas sp. nov., female, paratype (NEFU);
3. A. simaoensis sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU); 4. A. submedogensis sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU);
5. A. ussurica, male (after Fibiger and Kononenko 2008, ZMUC); 6. A. medogensis, male (after Han and Kononenko 2021, NEFU). Scale bars: 1 mm.  

Adults of Araeopteron spp.
7. A. kononenkoi sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU); 8. A. kononenkoi sp. nov., female, paratype (NEFU);
9. A. legraini (after Bippus 2018, BMNH); 10. A. legraini (after Bippus 2018, BMNH);
11. A. xanthopis, male (NEFU); 12. A. xanthopis, female (NEFU). Scale bars: 1 mm.

 Yuanyuan Jin, Chunhua Yao, Huilin Han. 2025. Four New and one newly recorded Species of Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 (Erebidae, Boletobiinae, Araeopteronini), with the Checklist of the Genus from China. ZooKeys. 1256: 259-273.  DOI: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1256.159686  [22 Oct 2025]