Ocinara albicollis (Walker, 1862)

Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, Zootaxa 3989 (1), pp. 1-138 : 34-35

19. Ocinara albicollis (Walker, 1862) ( FIGURES 12 A–12E)

Naprepa albicollis Walker, 1862 , J. Linn. Soc. 6: 171. TL: [Borneo] “ Sarawak ”. Types (holotype by monotypy?): male (BMNH) [examined]. First recorded from China by Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009: 241.

Diagnosis. Characterized by the following characters: wing ochre-gray; forewing with apex slightly acute; discal cell with a lips-shaped spot; postmedial and submarginal lines dotted; uncus long, finger-shaped.

Map 7. Distribution of Ocinara albicollis mainly in China.

Specimens examined. [GUANGDONG] Guangzhou City: 1 male and 3 females, Campus of South China Agricultural University, 1.XII.2005, Hai-Ying Ou fed. (SCAU); [GUANGXI] Fangchenggang City (Shiwandashan National NR): 1 male, Hongqilingchang, 1.XI.2001, Min Wang & Guo-Hua Huang leg. (HUNAU); [HAINAN] Lingshui County (Diaoluoshan National NR): 1 male, 4–5.IV.2004, Min Wang & Guo-Hua Huang leg. (SCAU); Wuzhishan City (Wuzhishan National NR): 10 males, 18˚53’N, 109˚43’E, 20.II–10.IV.2001, local collector leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture: 1 male, Puwen, 30 km SSW Simao, 900 m, 10–30.IV.2000, 22˚30’N, 100˚02’E, Brechlin’s local collector leg. (MWM).

Bionomics. Ficus microcarpa Linn., 1781 (Moraceae) is the recorded larval host plant. The larva is red, black and gray with a horn on segment A8 (Plate 5A).

Distribution. Mainland China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan) and Hainan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Remarks. The species has been encountered most frequently in lower and upper montane forests, but has been taken occasions in the lowlands and settlements. In the past, it has always been misidentified in China as Trilocha varians .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Adults, wing venation and genitalia of Ocinara albicollis (Walker, 1862). A. Male (Guangdong); B. Female (Guangdong); C. Male genitalia (Guangdong); D. Female genitalia (Guangdong); E. Male wing venation (Guangdong).