Mustilizans lepusa Zolotuhin, 2007

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 : 78

52. Mustilizans lepusa Zolotuhin, 2007 ( FIGURES 28 B, 29E)

Mustilizans lepusa Zolotuhin, 2007 , Neue ent. Nachr. 60: 198. TL: “Northern Vietnam, Cuc Phuong Nat. Park, 120 km SW Hanoi, 400 m ”. Holotype: male (MWM) [examined].

Diagnosis. Characterized by the following features: forewing with antemedial line arched rather than sinuate, forewing coloration divided into two by submarginal line, distal part reddish-yellow, basal part grayish-yellow; valva ventrally broad, short and folded upwards with blunt apex.

Specimens examined. [SICHUAN] Luding County: 1 male, Mt. Gonggashan, 2.III.2003, Min Wang & Liu- Sheng Chen leg. (SCAU).

Bionomics. The larval host is unknown.

Distribution. Mainland China (Sichuan), Vietnam.

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from China.

Figures

FIGURE 28. Adults of Mustilizans spp. A. M. shennongi, male (Guangxi); B. M. lepusa, male (Sichuan); C. M. sinjaevi, male (Vietnam); D. M. sinjaevi, male (Sichuan); E. M. capella, male (Shaanxi).