Notes on the tribe Nygmiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Nanling National Nature Reserve, with description of a new species
Author
Wang, Houshuai
Author
Wang, Min
Author
Fan, Xiaoling
text
Zootaxa
2011
2887
57
68
journal article
46856
10.5281/zenodo.200824
b3958ae1-0fa6-4c0a-9c56-e37205c0314e
1175-5326
200824
Euproctis montis
(
Leech, 1890
)
(
Figs. 17–18
,
36
,
48
)
Artaxa monits
Leech, 1890
: 111
.
Nygmia montis
:
Swinhoe, 1922
: 482
.
Euproctis montis
:
Strand, 1910
: 137
;
Chao, 2003
: 409
.
Diagnosis.
Forewing length
14–20 mm
. Forewing yellow, with two pale yellow median lines and a darker band from lower angle of cell oblique to middle of dorsum; hindwing slightly paler than the forewing. Male genitalia (
Fig. 36
): Uncus broad, with constricted sides; valva short and wide; costa strongly sclerotized, slightly protruded apically; saccus relatively large; aedeagus straight, vesica with irregular fields of spines. Female genitalia (
Fig. 48
): Apophysis anterioris longer than apophysis posterioris; sterigma inflated, sclerotized; ductus long, membranous; bursa with a transverse signum.
Material examined.
23, 3Ƥ, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Guangdong,
7.VIII.2009
.
Distribution.
China
(Gansu, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Hubei, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Xizang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan).
Remarks.
The species is allied to
E. collenettei
Chao, 1994
, but the latter is distinct in forewing with scattered black scales near middle of dorsum rather than a dark oblique band. Female genitalia are illustrated here for the first time.