Panolis xundian An, Owada, Wang & Wang, 2019

An, Xuan, Owada, Mamoru, Wang, Min & Wang, Hou-Shuai, 2019, Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of the genus Panolis Hübner, [1821] (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Zootaxa 4565 (4), pp. 523-530 : 525-526

Panolis xundian An, Owada, Wang & Wang , sp. nov.

Diagnosis. The new species ( Figs 1–2 ) is superficially similar to P. pinicortex ( Figs 3–4 ), but can be easily separated from the latter by a well-developed pollex and a broad, ventrally concave cucullus in the male genitalia ( Figs. 7–8 ), and corpus bursae with four long signum-stripes in the female genitalia ( Figs. 10–11 ). It is also similar to P. ningshan Wang, Fan, Owada, Wang & Nylin, 2014 ( Figs. 5–6 ) in wing patterns, but can be clearly distinguished from the latter by the male genitalia without a long digitiform process on juxta ( Figs. 7, 9 ) and the female genitalia with a shorter anterior apophysis and the much longer signum-stripes ( Figs. 10, 12 ).

Description. Male and female ( Figs. 1–2 ). Forewing length 15–17 mm. Frons and vertex off-white, decorated with brick-red hairs. Compound eyes small. Proboscis well developed. Antenna filiform, with fine white cilia. Labial palpus short. Thorax and tegulae densely covered with yellow brown, purplish red and off-white hairs. Forewing ground color reddish orange, scattered with grey white scales, basal area of forewing ornamented with blood red patch and speckled with grey white scales; orbicular stigma orange; reniform stigma pale reddish orange, encircled with grey white scales; subterminal area with irregular, wavy, pale yellow stripe; fringe pale yellow between veins, reddish orange on veins; venation with R 1 arising near middle of costa of discal cell; R 2 and R 3+4 shortly stalked, R 3 stalked with R 4 about ½ length of R 3+4, R 2+3+4 and R 5 branching from upper angle of areole; M 1 arising from upper angle of discal cell; M 2, M 3 and CuA 1 originating from lower angle of discal cell. Hindwing and fringe pink white; venation with R s and M 1 short stalked, M 3 and CuA 1 arising from lower angle of discal cell. Tibial spur formula: 0-2-4. Abdomen orange yellow.

Male genitalia. ( Fig. 7 ). Uncus digitiform, apical part somewhat dilated, rounded terminally. Tegumen small and narrow. Valva broad, with well-developed pollex at distal end of sacculus; cucullus blunt round, obtuse-angled, concave at ventral margin; corona absent; ampulla short, weakly sclerotized, curved medially, acute apically; harpe present, slender, needle-like. Saccus small, V-shaped. Aedeagus cylindrical, carina with sclerotized, approximately triangular lateral plate; vesica tubular distally, with small terminal cornutus.

Female genitalia. ( Fig. 10 ). Anal papillae small, densely setose. Posterior apophysis approximately twice as long as anterior apophysis. Ostium bursae medium-sized, scalelike. Ductus bursae moderately long, entirely ribbed and sclerotized, posterior part broad, anterior part slender. Appendix bursae relatively short, twisted, ribbed. Corpus bursae somewhat oval-shaped, with four long signum-stripes.

Type material. Holotype: 3, Laocun , Liushao , Xundian county, Kunming city, Yunnan province, China, 25° 41' 34.51'' N, 102° 54' 16.96'' E,altitude of 2510 m, 8. IV. 2013, leg. Min Wang & Mamoru Owada. Paratypes: 4 3, 2♀, same data as the holotype ; 1♀, Samage , Tacheng , Weixi county, Lijiang city, Yunnan province, China, 27° 32' 48.68'' N, 99° 21' 15.59'' E, altitude of 2150 m, 16–19. V. 2017, leg. Min Wang.

Distribution. China (Yunnan province).

Etymology. The new species is named after its type locality: Xundian county.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Adults. 1–2. Panolis xundian sp. nov. (1. male, holotype, 2. female, paratype); 3–4. P. pinicortex (3. male, 4. female, lectotype); 5–6. P. ningshan (5. male, paratype, 6. female, paratype). Scale bar =10 mm.

FIGURES 7–9. Male genitalia. 7. Panolis xundian sp. nov., holotype; 8. P. pinicortex; 9. P. ningshan, paratype.

FIGURES 10–12. Female genitalia. 10. Panolis xundian sp. nov., paratype; 11. P. pinicortex, lectotype; 12. P. ningshan, paratype.