Rhotana inoptata Yang & Wu, 1993

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 75

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scientific name	Rhotana inoptata Yang & Wu, 1993
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Rhotana inoptata Yang & Wu, 1993 View in CoL

Rhotana inoptata Yang & Wu, 1993: 192–195 View in CoL , fig. 93

( Figs. 42, 43)

Etymology. As stated by the authors, the species name is a Latin adjective (inoptatus, -a, -um = undesired).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (not examined), TAIWAN, N. Tungyaanshan, Nantou Hsien, 20–22.VII.1985, C. T. Yang, S.J. Fang ( NCHU).

Distribution. Taiwan

Diagnosis. The description and illustrations by the authors indicate some similarities to R. latipennis Walker from Borneo and to R. maculata Matsumura from Taiwan and Japan. The species is well defined by the cluster of four dark marks on the forewings, around the middle of Cu1 and Ms1b.