Taxonomic review of the genus Paratalanta Meyrick, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from China, with descriptions of two new species Author Zhang, Dandan Author Cai, Yanpeng Author Li, Houhun text Zootaxa 2014 3753 2 118 132 journal article 46757 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.2.2 8d814102-4392-4029-a4c4-7f7f1f1f53bc 1175-5326 227700 33020E89-1CA0-4DBD-B6DD-B9CF39F50F42 Paratalanta pandalis (Hübner, 1825) ( Figs. 8 , 17 , 24 ) Epicorsia pandalis Hübner, 1825: 355 . Type locality: Augsburg. Pyralis verbascalis Hübner, 1796 : 23 . Botys thapsalis Treitschke, 1828 : 314 . Botys oblitalis Duponchel, 1843: 396 . Type locality: France , Seine-et-Marne, Chartrettes. Botys pandalis var. bergunensis Zeller, 1878 : 90 . Type locality: Ober-Albula in Graubünden. Botys jessica Butler, 1878 : 58 . Microstega pandalis (Hübner, 1825) : Meyrick, 1890 : 450 . Paratalanta pandalis (Hübner, 1825) : Kirpichnikova, 1986 : 52 . Material examined. CHINA : 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Mt. Wuling ( 40.60ºN , 117.47ºE ), Xinglong County, Hebei Province, 800 m , 2.vii.2009 , leg. Qing Jin, gen. slide no. CYP 11024 (♂); 6 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Mt. Luya Reserve administration ( 38.65ºN , 112.02ºE ), Ningwu County, Shanxi Province. 1450 m , 19 – 20.vii.2011 , leg. Shulian Hao & Jiayu Liu, gen. slide no. CYP 12019 (♂), CYP 12020 (♀); 4 ♂♂, Xiyao Village, Ningwu County ( 38.65ºN , 112.00ºE ), Shanxi Province, 1475 m , 21 – 22.vii.2011 , leg. Shulian Hao & Jiayu Liu, gen. slide no. CYP 12014; 18 ♂♂, Erhezhuang, Pangquangou, Mt. Guandi ( 39.00ºN , 112.30ºE ), Ningwu County, Shanxi Province, 1658 m , 27 – 30.vi.2011 , leg. Shulian Hao & Jiayu Liu, gen. slide no. CYP 12015, CYP 12044; 5 ♂♂, Heshangmaozi, Benxi County ( 41.30ºN , 124.10ºE ), Liaoning Province, 22 – 24.vi.2010 , leg. Jiayu Liu & Yanpeng Cai; 6 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mt. Tiecha, Benxi County ( 41.30ºN , 124.10ºE ), Liaoning Province, 27 – 28.vi.2010 , leg. Jiayu Liu & Yanpeng Cai, gen. slide no. CYP 11046 (♂), CYP 12026 (♂); 1 ♀, Haichao, Lu County ( 28.97ºN , 105.28ºE ), Sichuan Province, 27.vii.1995 , leg. Y.X. Zeng, gen. slide no. ZDD0202; 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Daheba, Mayanghe County ( 28.57ºN , 108.18ºE ), Guizhou Province, 430 m , 5 – 6.vi.2007 , leg. Xicui Du, gen. slide no. AT08006 (♀), CYP 11049 (♀); 1 ♂ , 1 ♀, Lijiaba, Mayanghe County ( 28.57ºN , 108.18ºE ), Guizhou Province, 700 m , 30.ix.2007 , 1.x.2007 , leg. Hui Zhen; 3 ♀♀, Yangdian County ( 33.92ºN , 106.42ºE ), Gansu province, 27 – 31.v.1984 , leg. Houhun Li, gen. slide no. DXC06530, ZDD02027; 8 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Mt. Liupan Administration ( 35.60ºN , 106.10ºE ), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 1700 m , 20.vi.2008 , leg. Shulian Hao & Zhiwei Zhang, gen. slide no. CYP 11026 (♂), CYP 11035 (♀); 4 ♂♂, Hongxia Forest Farm, Mt. Liupan, Ningxia, 2600 m , 21.vi.2008 , leg. Shulian Hao & Zhiwei Zhang, gen. slide no. CYP 11027; 1 ♂ , Guamagou Forest Farm, Mt. Liupan, Ningxia, 2100 m , 29.vi.2008 , leg. Shulian Hao & Zhiwei Zhang; 7 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, Qiuqianjia Protection Station, Qiuqianjia Forest Farm, Mt. Liupan, Ningxia, 1700 m , 1 – 2.vii.2008 , leg. Shulian Hao & Zhiwei Zhang, gen. slide no. AT08035 (♀), CYP 11028 (♂); 1 ♀, Dongshan Forest Farm, Mt. Liupan, Ningxia, 2050 m , 7.vii.2008 , leg. Shulian Hao & Zhiwei Zhang. Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 8 ) with wingspan 20.0 – 30.5 mm . This species is characterized by the sella ventrally directed and apically far exceeding the ventral margin of the valva in the male genitalia ( Fig. 17 ), and the narrow antrum with setae on the straight posterior margin, and the horn-shaped membranous sacs from between the antrum and the ductus bursae curved backward in the female genitalia ( Fig. 24 ). Host plants. Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb. et Zucc. , P. nigra var. henonis Stape , P. pubescens Mazel , P. nigra Munro ( Kim & Lee, 1986 ) . Distribution. China (Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shanxi, Sichuan), Korea , Japan , Russia (Ussuri), Europe. Ecology. Caught in lowland from 430 m to 700 m , in mountains from 800 m to 2600 m . Flight period from end of May to early October.