Mustilizans shennongi Yang & Mao, 1995

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

51. Mustilizans shennongi Yang & Mao, 1995 ( FIGURES 28 A, 29D)

Mustilizans shennongi Yang & Mao, 1995 , Journal of Hubei University (Natural Science) 17 (4): 428. TL: Hubei, China. Holotype: male (CAU) [examined].

Diagnosis. Characterized by forewing with curved inner margin, three yellow spots near the tornus, a wavy antemedial line and a submarginal line edged with yellowish white.

Specimens examined. [GUANGDONG] Ruyuan County (Nanling National NR): 2 males, 18.V.2009, Hou- Shuai Wang leg. (SCAU); [GUANGXI] Xing’an County (Mao’ershan National NR): 1 male, 1.VII.2003, Guo-Hua Huang & De-Yu Xin leg. (SCAU); 2 males, 31.V.2008, Min Wang & Hou-Shuai Wang leg. (SCAU).

Bionomics. The larval host is unknown.

Distribution. Mainland China (Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan).

Remarks. This species is allied to M. baishanzuna Yang , which is a synonym of Mustilizans dierli based on the original description by Yang (1995b), but can be easily distinguished by the more shallowly bifid uncus and short and broad thumb-shaped sacculus that is folded upwards.

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).