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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67.
Mustilia castanea
Moore, 1879
(
FIGURES 38
F–38H)
Mustilia castanea
Moore, 1879
,
in
Hewitson & Moore,
Lep. Atkinson
: 82. TL: [Darjeeling,
India
] “Darjiling”.
Holotype
: male (ZMHU) [examined].
Diagnosis.
Very similar to
M. undulosa
, but can be distinguished by the following characters: forewings darker; hindwing with a spot near tornus.
Specimens examined.
[SICHUAN]
1 male
and
1 female
, road from Songpan to Jiuzhaigou,
2600 m
, 33˚12’ N, 103˚44’ E,
13.VII.2010
, Floriani & Saldaitis leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] Deqin County (Mt. Meilixueshan):
1 male
,
15.VIII.2002
, Ming-Yi Tian leg. (SCAU).
Bionomics.
The larval host is unknown.
Distribution.
Mainland
China
(Sichuan, Yunnan),
Bhutan
,
Nepal
,
India
.
Remarks.
The species usually co-occurs with
M. falcipennis
but commonly flies at higher altitudes. This species is here recorded from
China
for the first time.