Lamellisphecia haematinea Kallies & Arita, 2004

Arita, Yutaka, Kallies, Axel & Yata, Naoki, 2019, A large hornet mimic clearwing moth of the genus Lamellisphecia Kallies & Arita 2004 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Nanling, Guangdong, southern China, Zootaxa 4706 (3), pp. 477-482 : 482

Lamellisphecia haematinea Kallies & Arita, 2004

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Material examined. Holotype ♂, Thailand, Wiang Rai , Wiang Papao, 3.v.2001, K. Fukuzumi leg. ( Fig. 6 , NSMT) . Additional material: 1 ♂, Thailand, W of Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep-Pui , 28.v.2017, A. Kallies & B. Mollet leg. ( CAK) ; 2 ♂, Myanmar, Chin State, W of Tedim , just E of Manipur River, N23°22’00.4” E93°37’05.8”, 530 m, for- est gully, 30.v.2019, A. Kallies & B. Mollet leg. ( CAK) .

This species was described from several specimens collected in the Chian Rai province in Thailand. For the first time, we here report it from Myanmar and from the vicinity of Chiang Mai, Thailand. The specimens were attracted to pheromone lures in late morning; the one from Chiang Mai in subtropical rain forest, the two specimens from Myanmar in monsoonal forest along a creek bed.

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FIGURES 1–8. South-east Asian Sesiini. 1–2. Lamellisphecia minwangi Arita & Kallies, sp. nov., male, holotype, China. 1. dorsal aspect. 2. ventral aspect. 3–4. Lamellisphecia champaensis, Vietnam. 3. male, holotype. 4. male. 5. Lamellisphecia wiangensis, male, holotype, Thailand. 6. Lamellisphecia haematinea, male, holotype, Thailand. 7. Aegerosphecia fumoptera, male, holotype, Vietnam. 8. A. fumoptera, female, paratype, Vietnam.