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
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journal article
46856
10.5281/zenodo.200824
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1175-5326
200824
Somena scintillans
Walker, 1856
(
Figs. 5–6
,
29
,
43
)
Somena scintillans
Walker, 1856
: 1734
.
Artaxa scintillans
:
Butler, 1881
: 52
.
Euproctis scintillans
:
Hampson, 1892
: 483
.
Nygmia scintillans
:
Swinhoe, 1923
: 49
.
Prothesia
scintillans
:
Strand, 1933
: 333
.
[
Porthesia kurosawai
:
Chao 2003
: 317
.] Misidentification
Diagnosis.
Forewing length
12–17 mm
. Forewing reddish brown with a yellow irregular border in male, and a yellow patch at apex, central termen and dorsum respectively in female. Male genitalia (
Fig. 29
): Uncus broad, weakly bifid. valva divided in the distal half, the dorsal arm broad, the ventral arm slender, acute apically; saccus triangular; aedeagus simple, vesica unadorned. Female genitalia (
Fig. 43
): Papilla analis small; ductus short, cylindrical, sclerotized; bursa long, sausage-shaped, with a bicornute signum.
Material examined.
33, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Guangdong,
6.V.2006
; 1Ƥ, same locality,
31.IV.2008
.
Distribution.
China
(Hebei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Sichuan, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan,
Taiwan
),
Korea
,
Japan
,
Nepal
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
.
Remarks.
Strand (1933)
regarded the species as typical of
Porthesia
Stephens. However
,
Porthesia
has been confirmed by
Maes (1984)
as an invalid genus.
P. k u ro s a w a i
Inoue reported by
Chao (2003)
from Guangxi Province in
China
is actually
Somena scintillans
, based on the adults and male genitalia.