title: A review of the genus Miresa Walker in China (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae).
abstract: Eight species of the genus Miresa Walker are recognized in China including two new species, M. fangae Wu & Solovyev and M. polargenta Wu & Solovyev, described herein. M. burmensis Hering species is reported for the first time in China. The M. argentifera kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 taxon is raised to full specific status. The lectotypes are designated for the following 5 taxa: M. bracteata Butler, 1880 (♂, Natural History Museum, London); M. fulgida Wileman, 1910 (♂, Natural History Museum, London); M. bracteata var. orientis Strand, 1915 (♂, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden); M. argentifera kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 (♂, Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) and M. urga Hering, 1933 (♂, Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin). The photographs of moths and their genitalia are given, a key to the Chinese species of the genus is provided, and the distributional maps are also given.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China. wucs@ioz.ac.cn
authors.forename: Chun-Sheng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Alexey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Solovyev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005835:Genitalia / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D008377:Maps as Topic; D009036:Moths / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D011157:Population Dynamics