This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Lin, Yu-Chi, Braby, M. F., Hsu, Yu-Feng (2020): A new genus and species of slug caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4809 (2): 374-382, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4809.2.8

Abstract

The genus Epsteinius Lin, Braby & Hsu gen. nov. is established to accommodate a new, diminutive species of limacodid moth, E. translucidus Lin, sp. nov., from central Taiwan. Although the new species is the sister taxon to Microleon Butler, 1885 according to molecular phylogenetic data, it differs fundamentally from that genus in adult morphology, wing color pattern, male and female genitalia, and larval morphology. Larvae of E. translucidus Lin, sp. nov. represent an interesting case in which crypsis is based on transparency through its body color, resting behavior, and feeding pattern.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/0e06c542-08b9-4f44-81b5-a36a6c0561fe
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/603EF2632501FFA14059A91BFFC5FF9F
Citation: Lin Y, Braby M F, Hsu Y, plazi (2020). A new genus and species of slug caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from Taiwan. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4809.2.8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.