Description of the females of Niganda phichai and Saliocleta puyak (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae, Ceirini), with breedings of both species
Author
Pellinen, Markku J.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-02-26
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.11
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Saliocleta puyak
(
Pellinen, 2017
)
(
Figs. 4–6
)
Material examined:
One female was detected
13.iv.2017
from same location than
holotype
and
Thailand
paratypes
earlier. Specimen laid eggs and breeding was succesful. producing two females and five males.
Diagnosis of female.
Like in other species of genus
Saliocleta
,
there is sexual dimorphism between females and males in
S. puyak
. Females beeing somewhat larger (wingspan females
48 mm
, males
40–42 mm
) and monotonic by colouration. Also females forewing apex is sharp and dorsum with angle.
FIGURES 1–3. 1 a.
Niganda phichai
female (Thailand: Lampang, Phichai, 01.vii.2016).
1 b.
N. phichai
female, ex. o. (Thailand: Lampang, Phichai, 17.i.2017).
1 c.
N. phichai
male (Thailand: Lampang, Muban Phichai, 11.x.2016).
1 d.
N. phichai
male (Thailand: Lampang, Muban Phichai, 03.ix.2010).
2.
female genitalia of
N. phichai
, slide MJP992 (Thailand: Lampang Phichai, 09.viii.2016).
3 a.
N. phichai
larva third instar,
3 b.
larva last instar,
3 c.
larva last instar.
FIGURES 4–6. 4 a.
Saliocleta puyak
female (laid eggs) (Lampang: Chae Hom, 13.iv.2018).
4 b.
S. puyak
female ex. o. (Thailand: Lampang, Chae Hom, 17.v.2018).
4 c.
S. puyak
male ex. o. (Thailand: Lampang, Chae Hom, 13.v.2018).
4 d.
S. puyak
male (holotype), (Thailand: Lampang, Chae Hom, 12.09.2015).
5.
genitalia of
S. puyak
, female ex. o. slide MJP1260 (Thailand: Lampang, Chae Hom, 16.v.2018).
6 a.
S. puyak
larva third instar,
6 b.
larva last instar,
6 c.
larva last instar.
Description of female.
(
Figs 4
a–b) Wingspan/ forewing length
48 mm
/
24 mm
1exx. (
45 mm
/
20 mm
, 2 reared specimens). Frons straw yellow with porrect thin scales, palpae small, upturned. Patagia, tegulae and thorax straw yellow. Forewings also straw yellow with brown stripe from apex to middle part of unclear postmedial with tiny black dots. Faint brown dash from middle between of postmedial and subbasal lines to dorsum. White obvious dash anteriously to discal cell. Submarginally double line of small black dots on veins. Hindwings lighter straw color. Underside and legs uniform straw color.
Female genitalia.
(
Fig. 5
) Papillae anales setose roundish, apophyses short narrowing from basally to tips. Ductus bursae long, narrow and sclerotized, corpus bursae pyriform, basally corrucated with open shell like signum.
Note
. Form and spiculation of signa in
Saliocleta
genus have diagnostig value.
Technical corrections
to article of description
S. puyak
(
Pellinen 2017
)
. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3.12
In text of
holotype
data is errousnely
Thailand
,
Lampang
, Chae Hom,
17.x.2010
, should be
Thailand
,
Lampang
, Chae Hom,
12.ix.2015
as referred in Plate 1. fig 1 b. Also in
PLATE 3. FIGURE 10.
Saliocleta notia
female, correct quotations are: a. female genitalia after laying eggs, b. signum idem and c. spiculae in corpus bursae idem and d. female genitalia ex. o.
Preimaginal stages.
(
Fig. 6
a–c) Eggs round, smooth with small chorion, colour light turquoise. First instar larva with primary setae, later instars sparsely hairy with short setae. Third instar larva grey, with light green patch on prothoraic shield in T1 and black gross line between thoriac segments T1 and 2. Three black stripes on both sides of abdominal segments A 3–5. Last instar alike, but darker grey with unclear markings on back. Brown stripes on both sides under which color is grey. Prolegs are also grey.