Sarbanissa venusta (Leech, 1888)

(Figs. 10, 26)

Seudyra venusta Leech, 1888, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.: 614, pl. 31, fig. 2. TL: Japan.

Zalissa venusta: Leech 1899, Trans. ent. Soc. 3: 212; Jordan 1914, in Seitz, Macrolep. World 3: 7, pl. 1f.

Seudyra venusta: Hampson 1910, Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 9: 435; Mell 1936, Stett ent. Z. 97: 182; Chen 1982, Icon. Het. Sin. 3: 389.

Sarbanissa venusta venusta: Chen 1999: 133 .

Material examined. 1 male. CHINA, Sichuan province, Nibashan Mountain, altitude 1700 m, 15-VI-2011, leg. Hai-ming Xu and Min Wang. 1 male. CHINA, Sichuan province, Erlang Mountain, 15-V-2004, leg. Guo-hua Huang and Min Wang (SCAU) .

Identification notes. Wingspan about 43 mm. Forewing reddish purple with numerous white scales, orbicular and reniform stigma brownish black with white edge. Hindwing with a discal spot and terminal band discontinuous with the zigzag on the inner edge, anal angle with a big separated speckle.

Diagnosis. S. venusta can be distinguished from S. yunnana (Mell) by the following characters: forewing with white scales around orbicular and reniform stigma, apical and inner margin area purplish black; hindwing with a small discal spot, terminal band discontinuous, with a zigzag in the inner margin, anal angle with a separated speckle.

Distribution. China (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), Japan, North Korea (Chen 1999).