[Entomology • 2025] Westermannia pseudonobilis & W. simianshana • Descriptions of Two New Species associated with Westermannia nobilis Draudt, 1950 (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Westermanniinae) from China

 

Westermannia pseudonobilis Qin & Han, sp. nov.;
3, 4. W. simianshana Qin, Zhang & Han, sp. nov.; 
5–6 W. nobilis Draudt, 1950, 

in Qin, Zhang et Han. 2025.  

DOI: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1262.168662

Abstract

Two new species, Westermannia pseudonobilis Qin & Han, sp. nov. and W. simianshana Qin, Zhang & Han, sp. nov., which closely resemble W. nobilis Draudt, 1950 in both external appearance and genital characteristics, are described from China. Comparative diagnoses for these three species are provided, along with colour plates of adults and genitalia. An identification key and a distribution map are also included.

Key words: identification key, new species, nolid moths, taxonomy, Westermannia

Adults of Westermannia spp. (1, 3, 5, 7: male; 2, 4, 6, 8: female).
1, 2. W. pseudonobilis Qin & Han, sp. nov., coll. NEFU (1: holotype; 2: paratype); 3, 4. W. simianshana Qin, Zhang & Han, sp. nov., coll. NEFU (3: holotype 4: paratype); 
5–8 W. nobilis Draudt, 1950, collected from Guangxi (5), Hunan (6), and Chongqing (7–8), China, coll. NEFU. Scale bar: 5 mm.

 Yue Qin, Chao Zhang and Huilin Han. 2025. Descriptions of Two New Species associated with Westermannia nobilis Draudt, 1950 (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Westermanniinae) from China. ZooKeys. 1262: 21-31. DOI: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1262.168662