title: Review of the genus Cidariplura Butler, 1879 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae) in Taiwan with descriptions of four new species.
abstract: The genus Cidariplura Butler, 1879 from Taiwan is reviewed. A total of seven species are confirmed to occur in this old landbridge island, and four new species are described: C. shanmeii Wu & Owada sp. nov., C. maraho Wu & Owada sp. nov., C. atayal Wu & Owada sp. nov. and C. ilana Wu & Owada sp. nov. The Taiwanese C. bilineata (Wileman & South, 1919) is superficially similar to the Indian and Nepalese C. brevivittalis (Moore, 1867) but their genitalia show distinct differences. Elyra albifascia Hampson 1929 is regarded as a junior synonym of C. brevivittalis (syn. nov.). All diagnostic characteristics of Cidariplura from Taiwan and its adjacent areas are illustrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, 27, Lane 113, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 106.; Email: shipher@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shipher
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, National Museum of National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo 4-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-0005, Japan.; Email: owada@kahaku.go.jp.
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Owada
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, 27, Lane 113, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 106.; Email: sfshiao@ntu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Shiuh-Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Shiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lienhai Rd, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; Email: shenhornyen@mail.nsysu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Shen-Horn
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D013624:Taiwan