The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands
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Wang, Xing
Author
Wang, Min
Author
Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
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Hirowatari, Toshiya
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Wu, Shipher
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Huang, Guo-Hua
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Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
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VII.
Ocinara
Walker, 1856
(
FIGURE 12
)
Ocinara
Walker, 1856
,
List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus.
7
: 1768.
Type
species:
Ocinara dilectula
Walker, 1856
, by monotypy.
Diagnosis.
The genus is diagnosed by the presence of a furculum in the male, which is a modification of the 8th tergite into a rectangular structure with lateral adpressed spines arising from an anterior 'frame'. In female genitalia, there is a large and scobinate signum in bursa, a large rounded lamella antevaginalis and a smaller lamella postvaginalis distinct from the 8th tergite, and distinctive lateral lobes on the membrane between these structures and the ovipositor lobes.
Distribution.
Oriental and Palearctic Regions.
FIGURE 11.
Adults and male genitalia of
Valvaribifidum
spp. A.
V. huananense
, male (Guangdong), holotype; B.
V. huananense
, male genitalia (Guangdong), holotype; C.
V. s inic a
, male (Guangxi), holotype; D.
V.
sinica
, female (Guangdong).
Remarks.
The larvae of the
Ocinara
group were described by Mell (1958). They mostly resembled those of
Gunda
in having swellings on segments A2 and A5 and an extensile horn on A8. The horn could be flexed and extruded to
terminate
in a white apiculus. In contrast to the eggs of
Trilocha varians
, which are flattened, slightly rectangular discs, those of
Ocinara
are laid in long rows, with the shorter edges flattened and touching. The rows may curve but are not angled, and can be laid side-by-side but are separate. Pupation takes place in a yellow, semiovoid silken cocoon, which is usually attached to the surface of a leaf. The larval host plants of the group consist of
Ficus
,
Artocarpus
and
Streblus
(Moraceae)
(Dierl, 1978; Mell, 1958; Roepke, 1924). The larva of the
type
species has been described as green with a horn on the 8th abdominal segment (Dierl, 1978), feeding on
Ficus
(Moraceae)
. The genus is most diverse in Sundaland, with only one species extending into the Indian Subregion, this being the only species recorded from
China
(Map 7).