Barsine striata hachijoensis ( Inoue & Minami, 1963 )

Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel, Huang, Si-Yao & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2022, On the taxonomy of Barsine striata (Bremer & Grey) and Barsine pulchra (Butler) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with descriptions of three new species from Indochina, Zootaxa 5175 (2), pp. 253-274 : 259

Barsine striata hachijoensis ( Inoue & Minami, 1963)

( Figs 14–17 , 31 , 38 )

Miltochrista striata hachijoensis Inoue & Minami, 1963 , Tinea, 6 (1/2): 43, 58, pl. 8, figs 1–4 (Type locality: [ Japan, Ryukyu Islands ] “ Hachijo-Kojima : … Toriuchi, …; Utsugi ”).

Type material examined. Paratypes: 2 males, [ Japan, Ryukyu Islands] Power Plant , Hachijo-jima, 13.IV.1961, A. Suzuki / Miltochrista striata hachijoensis In. & Maen. Det. H. Inoue, 197 / Paratype / Inoue Coll. B.M. 1992- 71, unique numbers: NHMUK010604428 , NHMUK010604429 , gen. prep. No.: NHMUK010313272 (prepared by Volynkin) ( NHMUK).

Additional material examined. JAPAN: 1 female, Power Plant, Hachijo-jima, 14.IV.1961, A. Suzuki / Inoue Coll. B.M. 1992-71, unique number: NHMUK010604431 , gen. prep. No.: NHMUK010313273 (prepared by Volynkin) ( NHMUK) ; 1 female, Is. Miyake, Izu Islands , 18. VII .1961, Y. Narita / Inoue Coll. B.M. 1992-71, unique number: NHMUK010604430 ( NHMUK) .

Note. Due to the minor morphological differences and, at the same time, the high external and genital variability of the species, the status of this taxon is unclear. This question requires further investigation with other tools as molecular methods.

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 16.0– 16.5 mm in both sexes. Barsine striata hachijoensis differs from the nominate subspecies in the reduced postmedial lengthwise dashes and the reduced transverse lines (in most specimens). The male genitalia display no significant differences from B. striata striata . In the female genitalia, the corpus bursae is slightly narrower than in the nominate subspecies.

Distribution. Southern Japan: Ryukyu Islands ( Inoue & Minami 1963).

Figures

FIGURES 10–17. Barsine striata: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 10–13 in MWM/ZSM; 14–17 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK).

FIGURES 30–32. Barsine spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 30 in SZMN; 31 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 32 in WIGJ.

FIGURES 36–41. Barsine spp.: female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 36 in SZMN; 37, 40 and 41 in MWM/ZSM; 38 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 39 in CAV.