Mniotype anilis sylvatica (Bellier, 1861)

Volynkin, Anton V., Matov, Alexei Yu., Behounek, Gottfried & Han, Hui-Lin, 2014, A review of the Palaearctic Mniotype adusta (Esper, 1790) species-group with description of a new species and six new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Zootaxa 3796 (1), pp. 1-32 : 13-14

Mniotype anilis sylvatica (Bellier, 1861)

( Figs 42 , 80 , 116 )

Mamestra sylvatica Bellier, 1861 , Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4) 1: 29, pl. 2, fig. 11 (Type locality: Corsica).

Synonymy: Crino sylvatica var. bellieri Schawerda, 1943 (Type locality: Corsica).

Material examined. 1 male, Korsika, Restonica Bie. de Grotelle, 1400 m, 4.viii.1977, R. Oswald (Coll. GBG / ZSM); 1 female, Nr5, Frankreich / Korsika, Monte Cinto Gebiet, 1800 m, ca. 3 km SW Haut Asco (GR20), Nacht- Tagfang, 20.vii.1998, leg. N. Keil, P. Schwarzbauer (Coll. GBG / ZSM); 1 male, Corsica, 12..., A. Faller Frbg. / 42 / coll. Bartha / Coll. Lepidoptera Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (Coll. HNHM); 1 female, Corsica, Vizzavona, Genuesenfort, 12.vii.1925, Col. V. Bartha / Coll. Lepidoptera Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (Coll. HNHM).

Slides AV0788 (male), AV0787 (female) Volynkin.

Diagnosis. Wingspan 45–47 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen dark blackish grey. Ground colour of forewing dark blackish grey. Wing pattern similar to that of the nominotypical subspecies. Hindwing dark brownish grey. The male genitalia ( Fig. 80 ) very close to M. anilis anilis , but uncus slightly longer and juxta somewhat narrower. The female genitalia ( Fig. 116 ) have no diagnostic features with regard to M. anilis anilis .

Distribution. Corsica and Sardinia.

Figures

FIGURES 41 – 50. Mniotype spp. adults: 41, M. anilis anilis, male, Italy, Lazio region (GBG / ZSM); 42, M. anilis sylvatica, male, France, Corsica (GBG / ZSM); 43, M. dubiosa dubiosa, lectotype male, " Mustagata Yarkend " (NKMB); 44, ditto, male, Tajikistan, Pamir Mts (ZISP); 45, ditto, female, SE Kazakhstan (AVB); 46, M. dubiosa amitayus, holotype male, China, Tibet Plateau (PGM); 47, ditto, paratype female, China, Sichuan Prov. (BBT); 48, ditto, paratype male, Bhutan (URK); 49, M. krisztina, male, China, Tibet Plateau (BBT) (Photo by B. Benedek); 50, ditto, female, China, Tibet Plateau (CAU).

FIGURES 75 – 80. Mniotype spp., male genitalia: 75, M. bathensis, Russia, Altai Mts, slide AV 0513 Volynkin; 76, M. bathensis, Russian Far East, Kurile Islands, slide AV 0735 Volynkin; 77, M. aulombardi, Taiwan, slide 0 259 Matov; 78, M. aulombardi, Taiwan, slide AV 0786 Volynkin; 79, M. anilis anilis, France, Alpes-Maritimes, slide AV 0789 Volynkin; 80, M. a. sylvatica, France, Corsica, slide AV 0788 Volynkin.

FIGURES 113 – 120. Mniotype spp., female genitalia: 113, M. bathensis, South Siberia, slide AV 0725 Volynkin; 114, M. aulombardi, paratype, Taiwan, slide 8144 f Behounek; 115, M. anilis anilis, France, slide GB 8142 f Behounek; 116, M. a. sylvatica, Corsica, slide AV 0787 Volynkin; 117, M. dubiosa dubiosa, paralectotype, " Mustagata Yarkend ", slide 7659; 118, ditto, SE Kazakhstan, slide AV 0878 Volynkin; 119, M. d. amitayus, paratype, W China, Tibet Plateau, slide AV 0777 Volynkin; 120, M. krisztina, China, Tibet, slide hhl- 2271 - 2 Han.