Xanthomantis contaminata ( Draudt, 1937 )

Behounek, G., Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2015, A revision of the genus Ta mb ana Moore, 1882 with description of eight new species and one subspecies (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, contribution XIII, Zootaxa 4048 (3), pp. 301-351 : 327-328

Xanthomantis contaminata ( Draudt, 1937)

( Figs 132, 134, 136 )

Trisuloides contaminata Draudt, 1937 , Entomologische Rundschau, 54: 399, Pl. 4: 2f. Type-locality: China, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Shandong. Syntypes: ZFMK.

Synonymy: Trisuloides tamsi Park & Lee, 1977 , Korean Journal of Entomology 7: 1, fig. 1. Holotype: S. Korea, Seoul, coll. Agric. Sci. Inst. Suweon.

References. Ahn, Kononenko & Weon 1996: 290, fig. 4 ( Xanthomantis ); Chen 1999: 59, Pl. 1:12 ( Trisuloides ); Draudt 1937: 399, Pl. 4:2f ( Trisuloides ); 1950: 12 ( Trisuloides ); Kononenko 2005: 132 ( Xanthomantis ); Kononenko 2010: 174, Pl. 21: 16, genit. 108: 5 male, 180: 3 female ( Xanthomantis ); Kononenko & Han 2007: 85, genit. Pl. 80: 2 male, Pl. 230: 3 female ( Xanthomantis ); Kononenko, Ahn & Ronkay 1998: 176, fig. 454 ( Xanthomantis ).

Material examined. Types. Syntypes of Trisuloides contaminata Draudt ( ZFMK) and holotype of Xanthomantis tamsi Park & Lee ( NIAES, Suwon, Republica Korea). Other material examined. CHINA: 1 male, Prov. Hubei, Tapieh Shan [Daba Shan], 1400 m, Cheng, ex coll., 21.vi.2001, coll. PG; 1 male, Prov. Shaanxi, Taibei Shan, Tsinling Mts, [Qinling], Shou-Man, 15 km S 1800 m, 32°08′N, 108°37′E, Sinyaev V. & Plutenko A. leg., 25.v.–14.vi.2000, coll. GB/ ZSM; 1 m, Prov. Shaanxi, Taibei Shan, Tsinling Mts, [Qinling], Houzhenzi, Umg, 2600–3000 m, 33°52′N, 107°44′E, collector unknown, 25.viii. 1000, slide GB8530 male; 1 male, Prov. Sichuan, Qingcheng Shan, 1600–1800 m, 31°12′N, 102°47′E, Gyulai P. & A. Garai leg., 1–30.vi.2006, coll. PG; 1 female, Prov. Sichuan, Siguilang Shan, Volong Reserve, 31°09′N, 103°209′E, Gyulai P. & A. Garai leg., 1–31.viii.2005, coll. PG; 1 male, Prov. Yunnan, Quingshenglong Shan, Yongping side, 2900 m, 25°28′N, 99°34′E, loc. collector leg., ex coll. Brechlin R., vi.2000, coll. GB/ ZSM; NORTH KOREA: 1 male, Prov. Chagang, Mt. Nangnim sanmaek, 1200 m, Jingke leg., 30.vi.2008, slide GB8085 male, coll. GB/ ZSM; RUSSIA, Far East: 1 male, Primorye terr., Ussurijsk Distr., Suputinsky Nature reserve,, 44°00′N, 132°00′E, collector unknown 24.iv.1960, slide Kobes Prp. 100/77, det. as cornelia , coll. Kobes, coll. ZSM; 1 male, 1 female Russia, Primorye terr., Kedrovaya pad Nature reserve, 7–12.vi.1986, V. Kononenko leg., coll. IBSS.

Diagnosis. ( Fig. 132 ). Wingspan 36–38 mm. X. contaminata differs from X. cornelia by more rounded wing shape, darker and more blackish forewing, without bluish-grey tint and without central white spot, wing pattern formed by waved lines and by presence of whitish suffusion around the reniform stigma toward postmedial line.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 134 ). In male genitalia, it differs from X. cornelia in somewhat wider valva with wider harpe and denser field of cornuti in vesica.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 136 ). Female differs from X. cornelia by wider antrum and less sclerotised area in caudal part of bursae.

Distribution and bionomy. Russian Far East (Primorye and South Khabarovsk Terr., Amur reg.), Korea, Northwest, Central and Southwest China (Provs Shaanxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan). The species occurs in broadleaved forests with oak. Moths fly in end of April, May and early June, syntopically and synchronously with preceding species. Larvae feed on Quercus mongolica , Q. dentata (Fagaceae) and probably on other oak species.

Figures

FIGURES 131 – 136. Xanthomantis spp., adults (131, 132), male (133, 134) and female (135, 136) genitalia. 131. X. cornelia, Russia, Primorye (GB); 132. X. contaminata, China, Sichuan (PGM); 133. X. cornelia, Russia, Primorye, slide VK 268 (IBSS); 134. X. contaminata, China, Shaanxi, slide VK 1758 (ZFMK); 135. X. cornelia, Russia, Primorye, slide VK 267 (IBSS); 138. X. contaminata, South Korea, slide VK 01295 / 2 (IBSS).