The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands
Author
Wang, Xing
Author
Wang, Min
Author
Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
Author
Hirowatari, Toshiya
Author
Wu, Shipher
Author
Huang, Guo-Hua
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Zootaxa
2015
3989
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1
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64.
Dalailama vadim
Witt, 2006
(
FIGURES 36
E–36F, 37B, 37D)
Dalailama vadim
Witt, 2006
,
Entomofauna
27 (3): 48. TL: “Sichuan,
China
,
3000 m
,
20 km
western Qiaoqi town,
55 km
north of Baoxing”.
Holotype
: male (MWM) [examined].
Diagnosis.
Very similar to
D. bifurca
, but can be easily distinguished by the white-highlighted veins distal to the postmedial postmedial line on both pairs of wings.
Specimens examined.
[SICHUAN] Baoxing County (Mts. Qionglai):
2 males
,
holotype
&
paratype
,
3000 m
,
20 km
western Qiaoqi town,
55 km
north of Baoxing,
8–10.VII.2003
, S. Murzin leg. (MWM); Luding County (Moxi Town):
1 male
and
1 female
,
18.VII.2004
, Min Wang & Liu-Sheng Chen leg. (SCAU);
1 male
,
20.VII.2004
, Min Wang & Liu-Sheng Chen leg. (SCAU);
1 male
,
18.VI.2005
, Guo-Hua Huang & Liu-Sheng Chen leg. (HUNAU);
1 male
,
19.VII.2009
, Min Wang & Guo-Hua Huang leg. (HUNAU); Kangding County:
1 male
,
3200 m
,
25.VI.1993
(MWM); Lushan County:
1 male
, top of Mt. Xilingxueshan,
3200 m
,
09.VII.2010
, Gun Chen leg. (MWM).
Bionomics.
The host is unknown. Adults appear from June to July.
Distribution.
Mainland
China
(Sichuan).
Remarks.
This species is only known from the Gonggashan area. All specimens were collected by light trapping.