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 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.