Two new species of Manulea Wallengren, 1863 from southwestern China and northern Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
0000-0001-9447-4925
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia & monstruncusarctia @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9447 - 4925
monstruncusarctia@gmail.com
Author
Saldaitis, Aidas
0000-0003-0999-3996
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str., 2, LT- 08412, Vilnius- 21, Lithuania & saldrasa @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0999 - 3996
saldrasa@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-24
4991
2
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journal article
5538
10.11646/zootaxa.4991.2.12
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Manulea postmaculosa
(
Matsumura, 1927
)
,
stat. rev.
& comb. nov.
(
Figs 9–15
,
20, 21
,
26
)
Lithosia postmaculosa
Matsumura, 1927
,
Journal of the
College of Agriculture
, Hokkaido Imperial University
,
19
(1): 66, pl. 5, fig. 9 (
Type
locality: [
Taiwan
,
Nantou County
,
Meiyuan
]
Formosa
,
Baibara
).
Type material examined
.
Photograph of the
holotype
(
Fig. 12
): female, “Baibara,
Y
. Saito Kikuchi” / “
Lithosia postmaculosa
” / red label “Type Matsumura” (
EIHU
)
.
Other material examined
: long series of both sexes from
Taoyuan
,
Pingtung
,
Taichung
,
Kaohsiung
,
Nantou
, Ilan,
Chiayi
and
Taipei
Counties of
Taiwan
, gen. slide Nos.:
ZSM
Arct. 2020-160,
ZSM
Arct. 2020-162,
ZSM
Arct. 2020-164 (males),
ZSM
Arct. 2020-161,
ZSM
Arct. 2020-163,
ZSM
Arct. 2020-165 (females) (prepared by Volynkin) (
MWM
/
ZSM
).
Diagnosis
. The forewing length is
15–16 mm
in males and 15.5–
16 mm
in females. The species is variable in its wing coloration. However, the male and the female genitalia of different forms display no remarkable differences. The differences between
M. postmaculosa
and
M. lienquan
are discussed in details above in the diagnosis of the latter species.
Distribution
. The species is endemic to
Taiwan Island
(
Fang, 1982
;
2000
partim; Chang 1989;
Heppner 2012
, as
costipuncta postmaculosa
).