Ploneta diducta Snellen, 1900 Figures 18, 24 Ploneta diducta Snellen, 1900, Tijdschr. Entomol. 43 (1): 105, pl. 4, f. 9, pl. 3, f. 7-8. Type locality: Java, Batavia, Buitenzorg. Darna (Ploneta) diducta: Holloway, 1986. Malay. Nat. J. 40 (1–2): 144. Material examined. 1 male, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Mengla County, Mohan Town, 19.XI.2020, leg. J. Wu, JJ. Fan, MR. Li & G. Fu, genit. prep. WuJ-873-1, coll. NEFU. Diagnosis. Ploneta diducta (Fig. 18) is charactered by the rather elongated dark brown forewings with a fine, pale postmedial line and a notch in the outer margin at the position of vine R 5. In the male genitalia (Fig. 24), the uncus and gnathos are strongly sclerotized and almost fused together; the socii of tegumen are slender, tapering to the apical. Bionomics. This single specimen was collected from southern Yunnan, which borders Laos, and the collecting site was close to the tropical rainforest. Distribution. China (Yunnan), southern Thailand, western Malaysia; Borneo; Indonesia (Sumatra, Java); Philippines (Luzon). Remarks. This species is reported for the first time from China.

Published as part of Wu, Jun & Han, Hui-Lin, 2023, New species and records of Paroxyplax Cai, 1984 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) and its allies from China, with a checklist of the treated genera, pp. 383-397 in Zootaxa 5254 (3) on page 391, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7727694