The Insect Fauna of the Jianfengling Forest Area, Hainan Island--Thyrididae

There are twenty one species of forest insects belonging to nine genera of Thyrididae found in Jianfengling Forest Area, Hainan Island, among which only eighteen species of seven genera were ever recorded in the Iconographia Heterocerorum sinicorum I. Among them, Rhodoneura and Striglina are of dominant genera while Banisia myrususalis elaralis (Walker), Striglina scitaria Walker, S. cancellata Christoph and S. vialts Moore are of dominant species. Among the 21 species of window-winged moths, there is one new species, 9 species in China and 11 species in Hainan recorded for the first time. Judging from the populations, Thyrididae in Jianfengling is of small population. Its distribution is concentrated in the tropical mountain rain forest and the geographical distribution is mainly in the Oriental region.