Two new species of Naarda Walker, 1866 from Southeast Asia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Hypeninae)

Abstract

Two new species of Naarda Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Hypeninae), N. merkli sp. n. from Sulawesi and N. vojnitsi sp. n. from Vietnam are described. The former species is closely related to N. bisignata Walker, 1866, the type species of the genus, while the latter one is similar in facies to several congeners, but its genitalia are remarkably different from all known Naarda species. An identification key is given, for the first time, to the straw-coloured Naarda species.