Bivincula watsoni Dierl, 1978

Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, Zootaxa 3989 (1), pp. 1-138 : 47

27. Bivincula watsoni Dierl, 1978 ( FIGURES 16 F, 17C)

Bivincula watsoni Dierl, 1978 , Spixiana, 1 (3): 260, pl. V, fig. 37, text-fig. 23. TL: Sikkim.

Diagnosis. Characterized by the following features: costa with four black spots; inner margin of hindwing with four spots; postmedial and submarginal lines consisting of obvious gray spots; uncus bifid, the lobes sickle-shaped; saccus broader and short; valva sickle-shaped distally; aedeagus curved apically.

Specimens examined. [YUNNAN] Tengchong County: 2 males, Beihai Town, 29.VI.2002, Ming-Yi Tian leg. (SCAU); 1 male, Mt. Gaoligongshan, 15.VI.2005, Ming-Yi Tian leg. (SCAU).

Bionomics. Early stages and host plant unknown.

Distribution. Mainland China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar.

Remarks. Huang & Wang (2006) first recorded this species from China. It flies in summer in China, but not many specimens have been collected.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Adults of Bivincula spp. A. B. diaphana, male (Thailand); B. B. diaphana, female (Thailand); C. B. diaphana, male (Yunnan); D. B. diaphana, female (Yunnan); E. B. kalikotei, female (Yunnan); F. B. watsoni, male (Yunnan).