Moeris anna (Mabille, 1898), 2019

Cong, Qian, Zhang, Jing, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2019, Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 731 (731), pp. 1-56 : 35

Moeris anna (Mabille, 1898) , new combination

Pamphila anna Mabille, 1898 was previously placed in Vidius Evans, 1955 (type species Narga vidius Mabille, 1891 ), but is not monophyletic with it ( Fig. 11–12 ). Instead, it groups closely with Moeris Godman, [1900] (type species Talides striga Geyer, [1832] ): compare with its sister, the Viridina , gen. n., cluster in Fig. 11 and 12 . Despite obvious differences in wing patterns, the wing shapes and genitalia structures (even the shape of the valva with a somewhat expanded harpe) are quite similar between these species. The COI barcode difference between P. anna and M. striga is 7.4%, suggesting a close relationship. For these reasons, instead of proposing a new genus name for P. anna , we establish a new combination, Moeris anna .

Figures

Figure 11. Nuclear genome and Z chromosome trees of Moncina and relatives. See Fig. 2 legend for notations.

Figure 12. Mitochondrial genome and COI barcode trees of Moncina and relatives. See Fig. 2 legend for notations.