A review of the genus Belciades Kozhanchikov, 1950 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Pantheinae), with descriptions of two new species from China and Thailand. Revision of Pantheinae, contribution II
Author
Behounek, Gottfried
Author
Han, Hui-Lin
Author
Kononenko, Vladimir
text
Zootaxa
2011
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journal article
46089
10.5281/zenodo.203316
669f3cd5-9d76-4c28-b134-fb38274958e9
1175-5326
203316
Belciades hoenei
Kononenko, 1997
(
Figs. 5, 6
,
19
,
24
)
Belciades hoenei
Kononenko, 1997
,
Tinea
15(2): 108, figs 1, 2, 9, 10, 17, 18 (Type-localty:
China
, Prov.
Yunan
, Li-Kiang [Lijiang]).
Material examined.
Type
series, including
holotype
.
Diagnosis.
Adult (
Fig. 6
). Wingspan
36–43 mm
. The species is close to
niveola
and
koenigi
.
Externally it differs in the grassy-green tint of ground color of forewing with less greyish suffusion, and in uniform greyish brown hindwing. In ground plan of forewing
hoenei
is similar to
niveola
,
differing in shape of basal band, round whitish orbicular stigma, absence of whitish surrounding of inner and outer lines and grey suffusion in cell between orbicular and reniform stigmata. The medial shade is more distinct than in
niveola
and
koenigi
, lower part of medial field not suffused with dark grey as in
niveola
, subterminal and terminal fields with less brown suffusion. In the male genitalia (
Fig. 19
) the species differs from
niveola
mainly in size and shape of valva, sacculus, uncus and juxta as well as in shape and armature of vesica. The female genitalia (
Fig. 24
) show more prominent differences in shape of bursa and ostial part.
Distribution and biology.
China
: North Yunnan, South Xizang (Tibet). The flight period is early June to July.