Two new genera and one new species of Pantheinae from East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, contribution XI
Author
Behounek, G.
Author
Han, H. L.
Author
Kononenko, V. S.
text
Zootaxa
2015
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331
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journal article
42264
10.11646/zootaxa.3914.3.6
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Pantheaforma ihlei
sp. n.
(
Figs. 1, 5, 6
,
11, 12
, 17)
References.
Kononenko & Pinratana 2013
: 279, Pl. 37, fig. 26 (Genus & sp. unidentified).
Type
material
.
Holotype
.
THAILAND
: male, Chiang Mai Prov. Doi Phahompok Mt.,
2100 m
,
23
–
24.v.2011
, T. Ihle leg., coll. A. Becher,
ZSM
, München, slide 12067 male, GB.
Paratypes
.
MYANMAR
:
1 male
Upper
Burma
: Htawgaw.
6000 ft
, Capt. A.E. Swann / Brit. Mus. 1923
–
488, coll. NHM (
BMNH
, London) (identification by photo);
CHINA
:
1 male
, Prov. Yunnan, Baoshan, Mt. Gaoligong,
2100 m
, 10,
vii.2011
, C.H.Yi. leg., genitalia prep. HHL-2905-1;
1 female
, Prov. Yunnan, Pur, Lai Yang river,
1600 m
,
11.vi.2011
, C.H.Yi. leg., genitalia prep.
FIGURES 1–10.
Pantheinae
spp., structure of head (1
–
4), imagines (5
–
10). 1, 5, 6—
Pantheaforma ihlei
(5—male, holotype, Thailand, genitalia prep. 12067 GB; 6—female, paratype, China, genitalia prep. HHL-2795-2); 2, 7, 8—
Chrisotea zhangi
(7—male, 8—female, China); 3, 9—
Panthea coenobita
(9—male, Germany); 4, 10—
Trichosea ludifica
(10—male, Germany).
FIGURES 11–12.
Pantheinae
spp., male genitalia. 11—
Pantheaforma ihlei
, holotype, genitalia prep. 12067GB (Thailand); 12—
P. ihlei
, paratype, China, genitalia prep. HHL-2795-1; 13—
Chrisotea zhangi
, genitalia prep. VSK (China).
HHL-2795-2;
1 female
, Deqin,
850 m
,
10.viii.2010
, H.X.Ou leg, genitalia prep. HHL-2795-2. All in coll. of Southwest Forestry University, Kunmin,
China
(
SWFU
).
Diagnosis.
As diagnosed for the genus. No one species of
Pantheinae
similar to the new species. The diagnostic feature of the new species is blackish-brown with green-ochre patches ground colouration of the thorax and forewing, greenish-ochre orbicular and reniform stigmata, separated by black patch; brown-ochre patch in the apical area and black subtornal streak.
Description.
Adult (
Figs. 1, 5, 6
). Wingspan
45
–
46 mm
. Head and thorax covered with brown and green-ochre scales; tegulae and patagia bordered with black; abdomen dark-grey, with blackish crest. Ground colour of forewing dark green-ochre with black elements of wing pattern; costal area paler, with black bases of subbasal, medial and antemedial fascias; basal and subbasal field blackish; subbasal line black, outlined by greenish-ochre; orbicular greenish-ochre, indistinct; medial line wide, black, outlined by greenish-ochre; reniform greenish-ochre, with whitish centre; cell between orbicular and reniform black; antemedial line thin, waved, black; subterminal field brown with greenish-ochre, with blackish subtornal mark; subterminal line indistinct, dentate; subterminal field pale greenish-ochre pale, with prominent pale subapical patch; terminal line as black dots; cilia blackish, interrupted by green-ochre on veins. Hindwing pale yellowish-grey, with traceable discal spot and distinct medial line and terminal band; cilia greyish.
Male and female genitalia (
Fig. 11, 12
, 17) as described for the genus.
Etymology.
The species name is dedicated to Thomas Ihle,
Thailand
, Chiang Mai, the famous
Lepidoptera
collector in South
East Asia
.
Distribution and bionomy
. The new species is known from type-localities in Northern
Thailand
(Chiang Mai Prov.), Northern
Myanmar
and Southwest
China
(Prov. Yunnan). The species has been collected in forested mountain regions on elevation range
850
–
2100 m
. Flight period: May
–
August.
Note.
The
holotype
of
Pantheaforma ihlei
sp. n.
has been illustrated by
Kononenko & Pinratana (2013)
as “Genus & sp. unidentified).