Sarbanissa venusta ( Leech, 1888 )

Wei, Fu-Hong, Kishida, Yasunori & Wang, Min, 2019, A review of the genus Sarbanissa Walker, 1865 in China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Agaristinae), Zootaxa 4648 (2), pp. 354-370 : 361-362

Sarbanissa venusta ( Leech, 1888)

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Seudyra venusta Leech, 1888 , Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.: 614, pl. 31, fig. 2. TL: Japan.

Zalissa venusta: Leech 1899 , Trans. ent. Soc. 3: 212; Jordan 1914, in Seitz , Macrolep. World 3: 7, pl. 1f.

Seudyra venusta: Hampson 1910 , Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 9: 435; Mell 1936, Stett ent. Z. 97: 182; Chen 1982, Icon. Het. Sin. 3: 389.

Sarbanissa venusta venusta: Chen 1999: 133 .

Material examined. 1 male. CHINA, Sichuan province, Nibashan Mountain , altitude 1700 m, 15-VI-2011, leg. Hai-ming Xu and Min Wang. 1 male. CHINA, Sichuan province, Erlang Mountain , 15-V-2004, leg. Guo-hua Huang and Min Wang ( SCAU) .

Identification notes. Wingspan about 43 mm. Forewing reddish purple with numerous white scales, orbicular and reniform stigma brownish black with white edge. Hindwing with a discal spot and terminal band discontinuous with the zigzag on the inner edge, anal angle with a big separated speckle.

Diagnosis. S. venusta can be distinguished from S. yunnana (Mell) by the following characters: forewing with white scales around orbicular and reniform stigma, apical and inner margin area purplish black; hindwing with a small discal spot, terminal band discontinuous, with a zigzag in the inner margin, anal angle with a separated speckle.

Distribution. China (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), Japan, North Korea ( Chen 1999).

Figures

FIGURES 9–17. Sarbanissa spp.: 9, S. subflava (Moore), male, Zhejiang (SCAU); 10, S. venusta (Leech), male, Sichuan (SCAU); 11, S. assimilis Orhant, male, Guangxi (SCAU); 12, S. yunnana (Mell), male, Yunnan (SCAU); 13, S. pseudassimilis sp. nov., male, Yunnan (SCAU); 14, S.cirrha Jordan, male, Taiwan (photograph by Mr. Shipher Wu); 15, S. gentilis Kishida, Eda & Wang, male, Yunnan (SCAU); 16, S. catacoloides (Walker) (from Holloway's “The Moths of Borneo” 1989); 17, S. interposita Hampson, male, Sichuan (SCAU). Scale bar=1 cm.

FIGIRES 24–29. Genitalia of Sarbanissa spp.: 24–28, male; 29, male and female. 24, S. bala (Moore); 25, S. subflava (Moore); 26, S. venusta (Leech); 27, S. yunnana (Mell); 28, S.cirrha Jordan (©Mr. Shipher Wu); 29, S. catacoloides (Walker) (from Holloway's “The Moths of Borneo” 1989).