Review of the genus Yponomeuta Latreille, 1796 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in China

Key Points

• The aim is to review the Yponomeuta genus in China and describe new species and records for the region.
• Reviewed 34 species of Yponomeuta from China.
• Described diagnostic characters for each species.
• Identified five new species and nine newly recorded species in the Chinese fauna.
• Provided descriptions of female Y. osakae for the first time.
• Included images of adults and illustrations of genitalia.
• Five new species were described: Y. changbaishana, Y. furvimaculata, Y. heterochroma, Y. quinquepunctata, and Y. similicinefacta.
• Nine species were newly recorded for the Chinese fauna.
• First description of the female of Y. osakae made.
• Eleven new combinations and two revised combinations for related genus Teinoptila were proposed.

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