Pyrophleps bicella, Xu & Arita & Chen & Wang, 2015

Xu, Hai-Ming, Arita, Yutaka, Chen, Bingxu & Wang, Min, 2015, Description of Pyrophleps bicella (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), a new Chinese species of clearwing moth, Florida Entomologist 98 (1), pp. 149-151 : 151

Key to the species of Pyrophleps based on external characters

1. Hindwing discal spot large and bold..................................................................................... 2

—. Hindwing discal spot small............................................................................................. 4

2. Hindwing discal spot black.............................................................................. P. cucphuonganae

—. Hindwing discal spot mostly red........................................................................................ 3

3. Hindwing terminal area vitreous............................................................................... P. cruentata

—. Hindwing terminal area brick-red......................................................................... P. bicella sp. nov.

4. Forewing external transparent area small...................................................................... P. nigripennis

—. Forewing external transparent area large................................................................................ 5

5. Forewing external transparent area divided by black scaled vein................................................... P. vitripennis

—. Forewing external transparent area largely divided by black scaled vein....................................................... 6

6. Forewing discal spot rather small........................................................................ P. haematochrodes

—. Forewing discal spot rather large............................................................................... P. ruficrista