The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands
Author
Wang, Xing
Author
Wang, Min
Author
Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
Author
Hirowatari, Toshiya
Author
Wu, Shipher
Author
Huang, Guo-Hua
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Zootaxa
2015
3989
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1
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XXI.
Mustilia
Walker, 1865
(
FIGURES 38ā41
)
Mustilia
Walker, 1865
,
List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
32: 580.
Type
species:
Mustilia falcipennis
Walker, 1865
, by monotypy.
Diagnosis.
Characterized by the following features: wings brown-ochre; forewing in male with complex patterns, apex strongly produced and hook-shaped; antemedial line arched; medial and postmedial lines wavy; oblique line present between postmedial line and apex; discal cell with a black spot; hindwing with slightly wavy medial and postmedial lines and discal cell with a spot; uncus broad and bifid; valva constricted at 2/3 length, apex narrow and blunt. Female similar to male but larger, paler with weaker pattern, and antenna filiform.
Distribution.
Oriental Region.
Remarks.
The genus currently consists of seven species, of which six are recorded from
China
(Map 21). When the larva is disturbed, the head and anterior part of thorax are retracted, an irregular-edged later flap is expanded and inflatable organ expanded to resemble an eye (Plate 10Dā10G). Identification is sometimes difficult, but the shape of the uncus is diagnostic, so genital dissection is strongly recommended to confirm identification.
FIGURE 36.
Adults of
Dalailama
spp. A.
D
.
bifurca
, male lectotype (Xizang);B.
D. bifurca
, female (Qinghai); C.
D. bifurca
, male (Qinghai); D.
D. bifurca
, female (Qinghai); E.
D. vadim
, male (Sichuan); F.
D. vadim
, female (Sichuan).
FIGURE 37.
Genitalia of
Dalailama
spp. A.
D. bifurca
, male (Qinghai); B.
D. vadim
, male (Sichuan); C.
D. bifurca
, female (Qinghai); D.
D. vadim
, female (Sichuan).
Map 21.
Distribution of
Mustilia
spp. mainly in
China
.