A remarkable new species of the genus Teinotarsina (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Okinawa-jima, Japan

Abstract. A new species of long-legged clearwing moth Teinotarsina aurantiaca Yagi, Hirowatari & Arita, sp. n. is described from Okinawa-jima, the Ryukyus, Japan. The species is distinguishable at a glance from other related congeners by the remarkable orange scales ornamenting many parts of the...

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Autores principales: Yagi, Sadahisa, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Arita, Yutaka
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4829806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27110163
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.571.7780
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author Yagi, Sadahisa
Hirowatari, Toshiya
Arita, Yutaka
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description Abstract. A new species of long-legged clearwing moth Teinotarsina aurantiaca Yagi, Hirowatari & Arita, sp. n. is described from Okinawa-jima, the Ryukyus, Japan. The species is distinguishable at a glance from other related congeners by the remarkable orange scales ornamenting many parts of the body, such as antennae, palpi, legs, and wings. We hypothesize that the species acquired these differences as a result of convergence with toxic species (Batesian mimicry) or other mimics (Müllerian mimicry).
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spelling pubmed-48298062016-04-22 A remarkable new species of the genus Teinotarsina (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Okinawa-jima, Japan Yagi, Sadahisa Hirowatari, Toshiya Arita, Yutaka Zookeys Research Article Abstract. A new species of long-legged clearwing moth Teinotarsina aurantiaca Yagi, Hirowatari & Arita, sp. n. is described from Okinawa-jima, the Ryukyus, Japan. The species is distinguishable at a glance from other related congeners by the remarkable orange scales ornamenting many parts of the body, such as antennae, palpi, legs, and wings. We hypothesize that the species acquired these differences as a result of convergence with toxic species (Batesian mimicry) or other mimics (Müllerian mimicry). Pensoft Publishers 2016-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4829806/ /pubmed/27110163 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.571.7780 Text en Sadahisa Yagi, Toshiya Hirowatari, Yutaka Arita http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Yagi, Sadahisa
Hirowatari, Toshiya
Arita, Yutaka
A remarkable new species of the genus Teinotarsina (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Okinawa-jima, Japan
title A remarkable new species of the genus Teinotarsina (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Okinawa-jima, Japan
title_full A remarkable new species of the genus Teinotarsina (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Okinawa-jima, Japan
title_fullStr A remarkable new species of the genus Teinotarsina (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Okinawa-jima, Japan
title_full_unstemmed A remarkable new species of the genus Teinotarsina (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Okinawa-jima, Japan
title_short A remarkable new species of the genus Teinotarsina (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Okinawa-jima, Japan
title_sort remarkable new species of the genus teinotarsina (lepidoptera, sesiidae) from okinawa-jima, japan
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4829806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27110163
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.571.7780
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