Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Agalope Walker from mainland China with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae) Author Huang, Si-Yao Arthropoda Department, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, Bonn 53113, Germany & Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China Author Zhu, Li-Juan 0000-0002-4525-7438 Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China & 2872759699 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4525 - 7438 2872759699@qq.com Author Chen, En-Yong 0000-0001-7503-844X Institute of Plateau Ecology, Tibet Agricultural & Animal Husbandry University (Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Education), Linzhi 860000, Xizang Autonomous Region, China & 974980043 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7503 - 844 X 974980043@qq.com Author Xu, Yong-Qiang 0000-0002-1889-9531 Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology, Lhasa 850001, Xizang Autonomous Region, China. & 982395281 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1889 - 9531 982395281@qq.com Author Wang, Min 0000-0001-5834-4058 Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China & minwang @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5834 - 4058 minwang@scau.edu.cn Author Fan, Xiao-Ling 0000-0002-1176-7667 Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China & fanxiaol 66 @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1176 - 7667 fanxiaol66@scau.edu.cn Author Pan, Zhao-Hui 0000-0002-4767-7962 Institute of Plateau Ecology, Tibet Agricultural & Animal Husbandry University (Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Education), Linzhi 860000, Xizang Autonomous Region, China & panzhaohui 2005 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4767 - 7962 Author Espeland, Marianne 0000-0002-6800-4783 Arthropoda Department, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, Bonn 53113, Germany & M. Espeland @ leibniz-lib. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6800 - 4783 speland@leibniz-lib.de text Zootaxa 2022 2022-07-18 5165 4 557 574 journal article 99511 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.4.7 b20db5e4-1f44-406b-8252-6ce67695d0f5 1175-5326 6854078 7C508374-EC40-4129-B16C-4C88528BB5AB The Agalope hyalina species-group Species included: Agalope hyalina ( Kollar, 1844 ) , A. butleri Owada & Horie, 2000 , A. formosana Matsumura, 1927 , A. grandis Mell, 1922 , A. harutai Horie in Owada & Horie, 2000 , A. jianqingi S.-Y. Huang sp. n. , A. kishidaograndis Owada & Horie, 2000 , A. mineti Owada in Owada & Horie, 2000 , A. primularis Butler, 1875 , A. suzukikojii Horie in Owada & Horie, 2000 . Diagnosis. The A. hyalina species-group is characterized by the combination of the following characters: 1) forewing base orange or ochreous, usually with one diffused transverse band at discal area, extending from the costa through the discal cell and reaching the dorsum, 2) 8 th tergite with its posterior part bifurcate (except for A. formosana ), 3) uncus broad and triangular and 4) posterior tegumenal projection narrow and rod-like, smooth on the surface. External morphology of adult. Forewing length approximately 17–28 mm in males and 17.5– 30 mm in females. Antennae bipectinate with longer rami in males and shorter ones in females. Head, thorax and abdomen thinly-scaled. Both wings thinly-scaled and translucent. Ground color of forewing varying from creamy white to yellow with orange-marked forewing base and one transverse band in the medial zone, usually diffused. Veins darkened. Ground color of hindwing creamy white or greyish white. Veins sometimes darkened. FIGURES 57–61. Female genitalia of Agalope spp. 57, Agalope haoi sp. n. , PT, slide ZSY221; 58, A. wangi , PT , slide NS- MT2167f#, after Owada (1992) with corpus bursae outlined by black; 59, A. owadai sp. n. , PT, slide TMAG2; 60, A. aurelia , slide DLJAG1; 61, A. lucia , slide GSAG3. Arrows in figs 57 and 58 indicating the 8 th tergite. FIGURES 62–67. Habitats and living adult of Agalope spp. in P.R. China. 62, Pianma, Lushui, Western Yunnan; 63, Samage, Weixi, Northwestern Yunnan; 64, Gongshan, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Western Yunnan; 65, living adult of A. aurelia , resting on leaves, Gongshan; 66, Longgu Village, Chayu, Southeastern Xizang; 67, Taohuagou, Bomi, Southeastern Xizang. Male genitalia. Uncus broad at base and gradually narrowed towards tip with distal end rounded. Tegumen broad with rounded margins. Posterior tegumenal projection rod-like, narrow and smooth on the surface. Vinculum narrow. Saccus rounded, U-shaped. Juxta U-shaped. Valvae relatively broad and short, strongly sclerotized; distal end usually plate-like, covered by spinules, and sometimes developed into a projection, smooth or spiny. Aedeagus simple and slender. Female genitalia. Similar to those of the A. pica species-group described above. Distribution. Northwestern Himalaya through Western, Southern and Eastern China to Northern Indochina and Taiwan island ( Fig. 68 ).