Taxonomic review of the Oriental genus Gandhara Moore with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia
Author
Černý, Karel
Tiergartenstrasse 27, A- 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Author
Huang, Si-Yao
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
Author
Hu, Hua-Lin
Jiangxi Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, Longnan Jiangxi 341700, China
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5374.3.4
1175-5326
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Gandhara vietnamica
Dubatolov, 2012
(
Figs 13–16
,
35, 36
,
43, 44
)
Gandhara vietnamica
Dubatolov, 2012
,
Euroasian entomological journal
, 11 (6): 508, fig. 3; pl. 3: fig. 4 (
Type
locality: “
Vietnam
,
Ngoc Linh
,
Kon Tum Prov.
, 14°45’–
15°15’N
, 107°21’–
108°20’E
”).
=
Eilema serva
:
Černý & Pinratana (2009
: pl. 30, fig. 297).
Material examined
.
VIETNAM
:
8 males
,
3 females
,
1600m
,
Mt.
Fan-si-pan (
North
),
Cha-pa
, primary forest,
22°17’N
103°44’E
,
20–30.IV.1995
,
V
.
Sinyaev
& local collectors leg., gen. prep.
Nos.
:
ZSM
Arct.
2019-1089 (male) and
ZSM
Arct.
2019-1116 (female) (prepared by
Volynkin
) (MWM/
ZSM
)
;
LAOS
:
5 males
,
1 female
,
Hua Phan
[
Houaphanh
]
Prov.
,
20°12.328’N
104°00.621’E
,
Phu Phan Mt.
,
17.
V
.–3.
VI
.2007, ca.
1750m
,
Vít Kubáň
leg. (
CKC
)
;
THAILAND
:
6 males
,
2 females
,
Chiang Mai Prov.
,
Fang Distr.
,
Doi Pha Hom Pok
,
2050m
,
20°07’30’’N
99°08’49’’E
,
21.IV.2006
,
K. Černý
leg. (
CKC
)
;
5 males
,
2 females
, same locality and collector as previous but
5–6.
V
.2006 (
CKC
)
;
2 males
, same locality as previous but
21–25.VIII.2006
,
T
.
Ihle
leg. (
CKC
);
1 male
,
Chiang Mai Prov.
,
Fang Distr.
,
Doi Pha Hom Pok
,
2110m
,
20°06’16’’N
99°07’46’’E
,
23–24.
V
.2011,
K. Černý
leg., gen. prep.
No.
: AV7373 (
CKC
)
;
1 female
,
Changwat Nan
,
30 km
E Pua
,
1700m
,
22–23.IX.1999
,
A. Szabó
&
Z. Czere
leg., gen. prep.
No.
:
ZSM
Arct.
2019-1119 (prepared by
Volynkin
) (MWM/
ZSM
)
;
INDIA
:
1 male
,
Darjeeling
1868 / coll.
Atkinson
/
Coll. Staudinger
/ 718 /
Ilema griseola Hbn.
det.
Hampson
, gen. prep.
No.
: AV4260 (
MfN
)
;
1 female
,
Darjeeling
1864 / coll.
Atkinson
/
Coll. Staudinger
/ 343, gen. prep.
No.
: AV4261 (
MfN
)
;
1 female
,
Darjeeling
1864 / coll.
Atkinson
/
Coll. Staudinger
/ 343, gen. prep.
No.
: MfN-0370 (prepared by
Volynkin
) (
MfN
)
.
FIGURES 9–16
.
Gandhara
spp.
: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 9–14, 16 in MWM/ZSM; 15 in MfN.
Diagnosis
. The forewing length is 13.0–14.0 mm in males and 14.0–16.0 mm in females. The species has a somewhat broader yellow costal stripe of the forewing than the congeners of the
G. typica
species-group and is very similar to
G. conica
and
G. jieenchenae
from which, however, differs in the grey forewing cilia. The genital differences between
G. vietnamica
and the species of the
G. typica
species-group are discussed above in the diagnosis of the current species-group. The comparison with species of the
G. conica
species-group is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter.
Distribution
.
Vietnam
(
Lào Cai
and
Kon Tum
Provinces) (
Dubatolov 2012
), northern
Laos
(
Houaphanh Province
) (Bucsek 2020), northern
Thailand
(
Chiang Mai
and
Nan
Provinces) (
Černý & Pinratana 2009
, partim.) and north-eastern
India
(north of
West Bengal
).