Arna bipunctapex ( Hampson, 1891 )

Wang, Houshuai, Wang, Min & Fan, Xiaoling, 2011, Notes on the tribe Nygmiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Nanling National Nature Reserve, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 2887, pp. 57-68 : 57-58

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Arna bipunctapex ( Hampson, 1891)

( Figs. 1–2 View FIGURES 1 – 26 , 27 View FIGURES 27 – 34 , 41 View FIGURES 41 – 49 )

Somena bipunctapex Hampson, 1891: 57 . Artaxa bipunctapex: Kirby, 1892: 453 .

Aroa bipunctapex: Swinboe, 1892: 191 .

Euproctis bipunctapex: Hampson, 1892: 484 ; Holloway, 1976: 46; Chao, 2003: 423. Nygmia bipunctapex: Swinhoe, 1922: 483 .

Arna bipunctapex: Holloway, 1999: 48 .

Diagnosis. Forewing length 12–16 mm. Forewing brown, a yellow patch at the apex and tornus respectively, apical patch with two black spots; hindwing brown with a yellow margin and fringes. Male genitalia ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 27 – 34 ): Uncus broad, apically divided in the dorso-ventral plane, acute at apex of dorsal part; valva narrowed from apex of sacculus to costa, costa protruded apically; saccus small, triangular; aedeagus small, slender. Female genitalia ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 41 – 49 ): Ostium U-shaped; ductus short, sclerotized basally; bursa without signum.

Material examined. 23, 1Ƥ, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Guangdong, 13.VI.2007.

Distribution. China (Jiangsu, Henan, Shanxi, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hubei, Sichuan, Xizang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Japan, Thailand, Nepal, India, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Remarks. Holloway (1999) reviewed this species and provided more detailed information.

References

Chao, Z. L. (2003) Lepidoptera Lymantriidae. Fauna Sinica, Insecta 30. Science Press, Beijing, 484 pp.

Hampson, G. F. (1891) Illustration of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, Trustees of the British Museum, London, 8, 1 - 144.

Hampson, G. F. (1892) Fauna of British India. The Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council, London, 1, 432 - 494.

Holloway, J. D. (1976) Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt Kinabalu. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, 1 - 264.

Holloway, J. D. (1999) The Moths of Borneo [Part 5]: family Lymantriidae. Malayan Nature Journal, 53, 1 - 188.

Kirby, W. F. (1892) A synonymic catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. Gurney & Jackson, London, 1, 1 - 951.

Swinhoe, C. (1922) A revision of the genera of the family Liparidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 10 (9), 449 - 484.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 26. Adults of Nygmiini species. 1 – 2. Arna bipunctapex, 1. male, 2. female; 3 – 4. A. bicostata sp. nov., 3. male holotype, 4. female paratype; 5 – 6. Somena scintillans, 5. male, 6, female; 7 – 8. Orvasca subnotata, 7. male, 8. female; 9 – 10. Artaxa angulata comb. nov., 9. male, 10. female; 11. Euproctis sakaguchii, male; 12. A. digramma, male; 13 – 14. Toxoproctis croceola comb. nov., 13. male, 14. female; 15 – 16. Nygmia uniformis, 15. male, 16. female; 17 – 18. Euproctis montis, 17. male, 18. female; 19 – 20. E. telephanes, 19. male, 20, female; 21 – 22. E. yunnanpina, 21. male, 22, female; 23 – 24. E. piperita, 23. male, 24. female; 25 – 26. E. flavotriangulata, 25. male, 26. female. Scale bar = 2 cm.

FIGURES 27 – 34. Male genitalia of Nygmiini species. 27. Arna bipunctapex; 28. A. bicostata sp. nov.; 29. Somena scintillans; 30. Orvasca subnotata; 31. Artaxa angulata comb. nov.; 32. Euproctis sakaguchii; 33. A. digramma; 34. Toxoproctis croceola comb. nov..

FIGURES 41 – 49. Female genitalia of Nygmiini species. 41. Arna bipunctapex; 42. A. bicostata sp. nov.; 43. Somena scintillans; 44. Orvasca subnotata; 45. Artaxa angulata comb. nov.; 46. Toxoproctis croceola comb. nov.; 47. Nygmia uniformis; 48. Euproctis montis; 49. E. telephanes.