Synanthedon mushana ( Matsumura 1931 )

Liang, Jia-Yuan & Hsu, Yu-Feng, 2015, A review of clearwing moths in the tribe Synanthedonini, with descriptions of six new species from Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), Zootaxa 4044 (4), pp. 535-555 : 552

Synanthedon mushana ( Matsumura 1931)

Conopia mushana Matsumura 1931: 1014 .

Synanthedon mushana ; Heppner 1981: 32; Arita 1986.

Holotype. ♀, " Formosa, Musha, 1919, V 18−VI 15, T.Okuni, J.Sonan,K. Miy., M. Yosh", " C. mushana Mats. " [hand writing], " Type Matsumura" [red label], genitalia on slide no. 1315, mounted by Y. ARITA 1986.

Biology. The larvae host plant is unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Taiwan.

This species was known only from the unique female type, and its genitalia was examined by Arita (1986), who concluded that S. mushana and P. formosicola are similar to each other in terms of external morphology and female genitalia. The sole distinction is that a white marking is present on antennae of S. mushana , whereas it is absent on antennae of P. formosicola . Whether S. mushana is conspecific to P. formosicola remains an unsolved question and awaits for further clarification.