Brunia antica (Walker, 1854)

Volynkin, Anton V., 2022, A review of the genus Brunia Moore from the Andaman Islands (India) with a description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Ecologica Montenegrina 59, pp. 82-91 : 90

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2022.59.8
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scientific name	Brunia antica (Walker, 1854)
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Brunia antica (Walker, 1854) View in CoL

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Lithosia antica Walker, 1854 , List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 2: 505 (Type locality: [ Sri Lanka] “Ceylon”).

= Lithosia brevipennis Walker, 1854 , List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 2: 509 (Type locality: [ Sri Lanka] “Ceylon”).

= Lithosia natara Moore, 1859 , A catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Hon. East-India company, 2: 304 (Type locality: [ Indonesia] “ Java ”).

= Lithosia intermixta Walker, 1864 , List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 31: 229 (Type locality: “South Hindostan”).

= Ilema atrifrons Hampson, 1907 , The annals and magazine of natural history (7), 19: 231 (Type locality: [ India, the Nicobar Islands] “ Nicobars ”).

= Eilema kosemponensis Strand, 1917 , Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 82 (A3): 113 (Type locality: [ Taiwan] “ Formosa ... Kosempo ”).

= Lithosia horishanella Matsumura, 1927 , Journal of the College of Agriculture , Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan, 19 (1): 64, pl. 5, fig. 7 (Type locality: [ Taiwan] “Formosa … at Horisha”.

Material examined. INDIA, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: 1 male, Little Andaman , Huck Bay, Quarry Hilus, 10.3552°N 92.3016'E, 26–27.VIII.2001, Jan-Peter Rudloff leg., Coll. Dr. R . Brechlin , gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2021-007 (prepared by Volynkin) ; 2 males, Middle Andaman , Rangat – 2.5 km S, 12.2761°N 92.5623°E, 12–13.VIII.2001, Jan-Peter Rudloff leg., Coll. Dr. R GoogleMaps . Brechlin , gen. prep. Nos.: ZSM Arct. 2021-009, ZSM Arct. 2021-276 (prepared by Volynkin) ; 1 male, 1 female, South Andaman , Port Blair, Mt. Harriet, 11.4321°N 92.4403°E, 23–24.VIII.2001, Jan-Peter Rudloff leg., Coll. Dr. R GoogleMaps . Brechlin , gen. prep. Nos.: ZSM Arct. 2021-277 (male), ZSM Arct. 2021-278 (female) (prepared by Volynkin) ; 1 female, North Andaman , Mayabunder, 6 km S; Karmatany – rainforest, 12°50'6[5]1''N, 092°56'06''E, 17–21.XI.2000, J.-P. Rudloff leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2021-280 (prepared by Volynkin) ; 1 female, South Andaman , Bambooflat (Rainfor. [est]), 11°42'8[3]2''N 092°42'02''E, 27–28.XI.2000, J.-P. Rudloff leg. (all in MWM / ZSM) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 11.00–12.0 mm in males and 13.0– 13.5 mm in females. The diagnostic comparison with the sympatric B. cucullata is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. Sri Lanka, India (including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Southwest and South China, Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia (Sundaland), Chagos Islands, and the Philippines ( Arora 1983, as brevipennis ; Inoue 1988; Fang 2000, as ‘ Eilema apicalis (Walker) ’and brevipennis ; Holloway 2001; Černý & Pinratana 2009; Bucsek 2012, 2017; Bae et al. 2016).