The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands Wang, Xing Wang, Min Zolotuhin, Vadim V. Hirowatari, Toshiya Wu, Shipher Huang, Guo-Hua Zootaxa 2015 3989 1 1 138 Dierl, 1978 Dierl 1978 [193,549,1720,1745] Insecta Bombycidae Bivincula Animalia Lepidoptera 44 45 Arthropoda species kalikotei    Bivincula kalikoteiDierl, 1978, Spixiana, 1 (3): 262. TL: ” Nepal, Kyumnu Khola-Tal bei Gandrung 2350 m”. Holotype: male (ZSM) [examined].   Diagnosis.This species is very similar to  B. diaphana, but can be distinguished by the following characters: discal cell of forewing with a black dot; uncus entire; valvae fused basally, deeply bifid to near the base with a long costal strip; harpe thumb-shaped; saccus shorter, slightly swollen apically; aedeagus apically curved.   FIGURE 16.Adults of  Bivinculaspp. A.  B. diaphana, male (Thailand); B.  B. diaphana, female (Thailand); C.  B. diaphana, male (Yunnan); D.  B. diaphana, female (Yunnan); E.  B. kalikotei, female (Yunnan); F.  B. watsoni, male (Yunnan).   FIGURE 17.Genitalia of  Bivinculaspp. A.  B. diaphana, male (N. Vietnam); B.  B. kalikotei, male (E. Nepal); C.  B. watsoni, male (Yunnan); D.  B. kalikotei, female (Sikkim).  Specimens examined.[XIZANG (TIBET)] Nyalam: 1 female, 3000 m, 28˚00’N, 86˚00’E, 4–6.VII.1998, O. Ammosov leg. (MWM).  Bionomics.Adults are on the wing in summer in Tibet.   Distribution.Mainland China(Xizang (Tibet)), Nepal.   Remarks.The species is here recorded from Chinafor the first time.