Atrovirensis miraculosus, Han, H. L., Pan, Z. H. & Kononenko, V. S., 2016

Han, H. L., Pan, Z. H. & Kononenko, V. S., 2016, A review of the genus Atrovirensis Kononenko, 2001 with description of four new species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Xyleninae, Apameini), Zootaxa 4088 (2), pp. 201-220 : 218-219

Atrovirensis miraculosus sp. n.

( Figs 17, 18 , 34 , 47 )

Type material. Holotype: male, China, Aut. Reg. Guangxi, Mt. Maorshan, 1.vii.2002, M.Wang leg., genitalia prep. HHL-2923-1. Coll. SCAU, presently deposited in coll. NEFU, Harbin. Paratype: 1 female, China, Prov. Fujian, Mt. Wuyi, Sangang, 8–9.vii.2013, C. Zhang & X. Liu leg. Genitalia prep. HHL-2914. Coll. NEFU, Harbin.

Diagnosis. Wingspan 37–38 mm. The new species is externally easily separable from other congeners by its uniquely pale and extensive, salad-green forewing basal, costal and submarginal fields on black background and salad-green filling of orbicular and reniform stigmata, the green suffused black median field and the white bordering of ante- and postmedial lines and the reniform. It resembles A. yoshomotoi ( Fig. 16 ), but differs well by more bright and developed salad-green elements of wing pattern, black background and presence of claviform. The male and female genitalia structures demonstrate its isolated position in the genus.

Description. Adult ( Figs 17, 18 ). Head salad-green, labial palps blackish, with pale green 3rd segment; tegulae salad-green basally, widely bordered with black, patagia bordered with black and brown. Forewing ground colour blackish with pale-greenish dusting, black dark elements and salad-green pale elements of wing pattern. Basal and subbasal fields salad-green; basal line black with white bordering; costal field salad-green with five black marks; antemedial line black with white inner border; medial field blackish with dusting of greenish scales and greenish dashes; orbicular pale salad-green, or open to pale costal field, encircled with black; claviform distinct, saladgreen, encircled with black; vein A in medial field white; area between vein A and inner margin of wing filled with salad-green; medial line traceable, black; antemedial line black, outlined inwardly with white; subterminal field wide, salad-green, with prominent black subapical mark and extension along veins M2 and M3; terminal field black, forms two prominent spots along veins R1-M1 and Cu1-Cu2; subterminal line whitish, dentate; terminal line black, dentate, separated for triangular streaks; outer margin of wing waved, cilia mottled, blackish between veins, pale yellowish-green opposite veins. Hindwing brownish-grey, paler in basal part, blackish along outer margin; cilia with yellowish base, mottled, blackish and pale yellowish-grey.

Male genitalia. ( Fig. 34 ). The male genitalia structures show separated position of the new species and in same time demonstrate all main characteristic features of the genus. Uncus rather short, moderate thick, broader apically; tegumen with broad peniculus, juxta plate-like, extended medially; transtilla well developed; valva relatively broad and more massive compared with congeners; cucullus with small lateral extension; harpe large, flattened; neck of cucullus broad; cucullus large, tapered ventrally, distally covered with numerous rows of spines. Aedeagus rather short and broad, with tubular vesica ended by short ventral diverticulum armed with two rather large spines on broad base and spines and large medial diverticulum strongly tipped and armed with single tiny spine-like cornutus.

Female genitalia. ( Fig. 47 ). The female genitalia differ from those of other congeners by large ovipositor, with apically constricted papillae anales about 2–2.5 times larger than in other species and large, sack-like corpus bursae. Antrum large, cup-like, with small central incision; ductus bursae moderate in length, broad, ribbed and scobinate; corpus bursae large, sack-like.

Etymology. The specific name refers to unusual external appearance of the new species.

Distribution. The species is known from two rather removed localities in Autononous Reg. Guangxi, Mt. Maorshan and from Prov. Fujian, Mt. Wuyi, Sangang. The moths flying in the beginning of July.

Note. The specimen, designated here as holotype of A. miraculosus was erroneously included to the type-series of A. yoshimoto i (Gyulai et al. 2013) as a paratype by examining of the photograph sent to authors by H.L. Han.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 23. Atrovirensis spp., adults and male genitalia. Adults: 16. 1. A. yoshimotoi, male, China (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 17. A. miraculosus sp. n., male, HT, China, Aut. Reg. Guangxi, genit. prep. HHL- 2923 - 1; 18. A. miraculosus sp. n., female, PT, China, Prov. Fujian, genit. prep. HHL- 2914 - 2; 19. A. euplexina, male, China, Prov. Sichuan, genit. prep. GB 12189; 20. A. euplexina Draudt, 1950, male, LT, China, Prov. Yunnan, genit. prep. Hreblay 10016 (ZFMK); 21. Ditto, labels. Male genitalia: 22. A. atrovirens, Nepal, genit. prep. RL 10746 (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 23. A. annamita, Vietnam, PT, genit. prep. RL 9801 (after Gyulai et al. 2013).

FIGURES 33 – 35. Atrovirensis spp., male genitalia. 33. A. yoshimotoi, HT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. NSMT-SW- 0 21 (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 34. A. miraculosus sp. n., HT, China, Aut. Reg. Guangxi, genit. prep. HHL- 2923 - 1; 35. A. euplexina, Prov. Sichuan, genit. prep. GB 12188.

FIGURES 45 – 47. Atrovirensis spp., female genitalia, habitats. 45. A. sacculatus sp. n., PT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2947 - 2; 46. A. yoshimotoi, PT, China, Prov. Guangdong, NSMT-SW- 021 (after Gyulai et al., 2013); 47. A. miraculosus sp. n., PT, China, Prov. Fujian, genit. prep. HHL- 2914 - 2; 48. A. euplexina, China, Prov. Sichuan, genit. prep. GB 12189; 49. Montane monsoon evergreen forest at elevation 2200 m—the habitats of Atrovirensis spp. in Linzhi, Hanmi- Motuo, Aut. Reg. Xizang, China. 50. Montane evergreen mixed forest at elevation 1500 m – the habitat of Atrovirensis spp. in Mt. Nanling (Nanling Nat. Park.), Prov. Guangdong, China.