A review of Timandra Duponchel, 1829 from China, with description of seven new species (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Author
Cui, Le
Author
Xue, Dayong
Author
Jiang, Nan
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ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.29708
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.29708
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Timandra griseata Petersen, 1902
Figs 1, 61
Timandra amata var. griseata
Petersen, 1902: 239. Lectotype ♂, Estonia (IZBE).
Timandra serpentata ab. griseata
:
Prout 1913
: 98.
Timandra griseata
:
Hausmann 2004
: 390.
Diagnosis.
This species is very similar to
T. comae
Schmidt, 1931, but the combination of the following characters can distinguish them: the ground colour of the forewing is whitish in
T. griseata
, but often yellowish in
T. comae
; the surface of the wings is densely speckled with grey scales in
T. griseata
, but it is covered with brownish-grey speckles in
T. comae
; the average wingspan is larger and sexual size dimorphism is more accentuated in
T. griseata
. The appendix of the sacculus of the male genitalia is on average slightly broader at base in
T. griseata
than that in
T. comae
. In the female genitalia, the ductus bursae is stouter at the anterior half in
T. griseata
; the posterior appendix bursae of the ductus bursae arises at a bigger angle to the corpus bursae in
T. griseata
(
Kaila and Albrecht 1994
;
Hausmann 2004
;
Ounap
et al. 2005
).
Material examined.
CHINA: Xinjiang (IZCAS): 1♀, Gongliu, Kuerdening, 1100 m, 26.VII.2017, coll. Cheng Rui.
Distribution.
China (Xinjiang), Europe.
Remarks.
This species is newly added to the fauna of China.
Figures 1-19. Adults of
Timandra
. 1
T. griseata
, female, Xinjiang 2
T. recompta
, male, Beijing 3
T. apicirosea
, male, Sichuan 4
T. distorta
sp. n., holotype, male, Tibet 5
T. dichela
, male, Hubei 6
T. synthaca
, holotype, male, Taiwan 7
T. convectaria
, male, Guangxi 8
T. correspondens
, male, Tibet 9
T. adunca
sp. n., holotype, male, Yunnan 10
T. quadrata
sp. n., holotype, male, Hubei 11
T. accumulata
sp. n., holotype, male, Yunnan 12
T. comptaria
, male, Zhejiang 13
T. paralias
, male, Hebei 14
T. viminea
sp. n., holotype, male, Yunnan 15
T. oligoscia
, male, Yunnan 16
T. ruptilinea
, male, Guangdong 17
T. extremaria
, male, Gansu 18
T. robusta
sp. n., holotype, male, Yunnan 19
T. stueningi
sp. n., holotype, male, Taiwan. Scale bar: 1 cm.