Abstract
Brachodidae are a small family of fewer than 140 described species that are distributed worldwide except in North America. They reach their greatest diversity in the tropical regions of Asia and South America; however, many species occur in the Palaearctic region and in Australia, but these are restricted to a small number of genera. More than 40 species are known from the Oriental region and many more await description (Kallies 1998, 2000, 2004). We recently described a new species of Nigilgia Walker, 1863 (Phycodinae) from the Nanling Mts. in the province of Guangdong, China, and briefly discussed the Brachodidae known from China (Kallies et al. 2007). Here we describe a striking new species of Phycodes Guenee, 1852 from Guangdong that shows somesimilarities with Phycodes maculata Moore, 1881 from northeastern India. The new species can be readily distinguished from the latter and all other congeners by the distinct orange spots on the forewings.
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