title: Revision of the genusMetaterpnaYazaki, 1992 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae), with description of a new species from China.
abstract: The genus Metaterpna is revised. The two species known, M. differens (Warren, 1909) and M. thyatiraria (Oberthür, 1913), are redescribed, with emphasis on the considerable variability of M. thyatiraria, and the status of the related type specimen was discussed. In addition, one new species, M. batangensis sp. nov., is described from Batang and Daocheng, Sichuan province, and Lijiang, Yunnan province, southwestern China. M. thyatiraria and M. batangensis show clear distance by DNA barcode sequences. Illustrations of moths and genitalia are presented.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101 China.. jiangn@ioz.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stüning
authors.forename: Dayong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Hongxiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
keywords: Lepidoptera, DNA barcoding, M. thyatiraria, M. batangensis, new species