A new species of wasp-mimicking clearwing moth from Peninsular Malaysia with DNA barcode and behavioural notes (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae).

A new species of clearwing moth, Pyrophleps ellawi Skowron Volponi, sp. n. , is described from Peninsular Malaysia. Information on the habitat, time and conditions of occurrence, flight and mud-puddling behaviour, functional morphology, and DNA barcode are also provided. Photographs and a supplementary video from the wild demonstrate the postures and behaviour of this species of Pyrophleps , whose remaining members were described only on the basis of pinned specimens. This is the first record of this genus in Peninsular Malaysia.