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
Artaxa angulata
(
Matsumura, 1927
)
comb. nov.
(
Figs. 9–10
,
31
,
45
)
Euproctis angulata
Matsumura, 1927
: 40
;
Chao, 2003
: 402
.
Diagnosis.
Forewing length
14–20 mm
. Forewing yellow with two narrow, paler lines medially and forming a fuscous medial transverse band, the submarginal area with three black spots, two being at apex, and one near tornus. Male genitalia (
Fig. 31
): uncus short, with a pair of acute processes on the lateral side; valva simple, tapering, acute at apex; saccus triangular; aedeagus short, straight. Female genitalia (
Fig. 45
): Sterigma irregular, protruded at both sides; ductus and bursa relatively small, flimsy, the latter without signum.
Material examined.
63, 2Ƥ, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Guangdong,
29.VII.2008
. 23, 1Ƥ, same locality,
23.VI.2009
;
Distribution.
China
(Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shanxi,
Taiwan
),
Burma
,
India
,
Pakistan
,
Sri Lanka
,
Malaysia
,
Singapore
,
Indonesia
.
Remarks.
The species is transferred to
Artaxa
Walker
based on the uncus being flanked by a pair of acute processes, which is a typical feature of this genus. It is closely related to
Euproctis sakaguchii
Matsumura
(
Fig. 11
,
32
), but can be distinguished by the forewing with a black tornal spot and valva round apically.