A review of clearwing moths in the tribe Synanthedonini, with descriptions of six new species from Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)
Author
Liang, Jia-Yuan
Author
Hsu, Yu-Feng
text
Zootaxa
2015
4044
4
535
555
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.4
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Synanthedon mushana
(
Matsumura 1931
)
Conopia mushana
Matsumura 1931
: 1014
.
Synanthedon mushana
; Heppner 1981: 32; Arita 1986.
Holotype
.
♀, "
Formosa
, Musha,
1919, V 18−VI 15
, T.Okuni, J.Sonan,K. Miy., M. Yosh", "
C
.
mushana
Mats.
" [hand writing], "
Type
Matsumura" [red label], genitalia on slide no. 1315, mounted by Y.
ARITA
1986.
Biology.
The larvae host plant is unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality in
Taiwan
.
This species was known only from the unique female
type
, and its genitalia was examined by Arita (1986), who concluded that
S. mushana
and
P
.
formosicola
are similar to each other in terms of external morphology and female genitalia. The sole distinction is that a white marking is present on antennae of
S. mushana
, whereas it is absent on antennae of
P. formosicola
. Whether
S. mushana
is conspecific to
P. formosicola
remains an unsolved question and awaits for further clarification.