Lygephila lupina ( Graeser, 1890 )

Pekarsky, Oleg, 2016, Taxonomic notes on the Lygephila vulcanea (Butler, 1881) species-group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae), Zootaxa 4121 (1), pp. 95-100 : 96-100

Lygephila lupina ( Graeser, 1890)

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Toxocampa lupina Graeser, 1890 , Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 35: 71–84. (TL: [ Russia, Judish Autonomy, Radde] Raddefka)

Synonymy: Eccrita mirabilis Bryk, 1948 , Arkiv för Zoologi 41(1): 119. (TL: N Korea, Shuotsu), syn. rev.

References. Sviridov 1990: 97–100; Sviridov 2003:143, figs 82: 1,2, 83:5 ( Lygephila mirabilis ); Kononenko & Han 2007: 53, Pl. 37, fig. 3 ( Lygephila mirabilis ), Pl. 37, fig. 3; Kononenko 2010: 84, pl. 55, fig. 2, Pl. 142, fig. 22 ( Lygephila mirabilis ).

Type material examined. Holotype: Female ( Fig. 5 ), Amur Centr. (Radde), [18]87, ex. coll. Püngeler,

slide No. OP1931f (coll. MNHU); Holotype of Eccrita mirabilis Bryk, 1948 ( Fig. 6 ): male, Korea, Shuotan, 1935, Sten Bergman, slide RM prep. 9027 ( Fig. 11 ) (coll. NHRS) (Swedish Museum of Natural History).

Additional material examined. Russia: 1 male, Far East, Primorye, Spassk-Dalny distr., vic. Kalinovka, 44° 28' 39.96"N, 132° 57' 48.79E, 1–21.VII.2011, leg. A. Kozlov, slide OP 2021m (coll. O. Pekarsky); 1 male, Far East, Primorye, Ussurijsk, Zaretchye vill., 12–16.VIII.1994, leg. A. Belov, slide OP 2024m (coll. P. Gyulai); 1 female, [RFE], Ussuriysk dist., Kajmanovka, 20.VII. [19]82, leg. Ivanov, slide No. Matov0321 (coll. ZISP); China, 1 male, Tapaishan im Tsinling, Sued-Shensi, 26.VI.1935, H. Höne, slide OP 2401m (coll. ZFMK); 1 female, Tapaishan im Tsinling, Sued- Shensi, Ca. 1700 m, 14.VII.1936, H. Höne, slide No. OP2402f, 1 female, Tapaishan im Tsinling, Sued-Shensi, Ca. 1700 m, 10.VIII.1936, H. Höne, slide No. OP2403f (coll. ZFMK); Korea: 1 male, Utikongo 500 m im Kongosan, Mittel- Korea, 3.VIII.1940, H. Höne, slide OP 2405m (coll. ZFMK).

Diagnosis. L. lupina differs from its close relative L. vulcanea by its pale ochreous-brown ground colour of forewing, whereas L. vulcanea is darker, deep brown to claret-brown, most often with clearly visible violaceous shade. (See under the detailed diagnosis of the previous species).

Wingspan 44–49 mm. Head and body brownish-grey; collar dark chocolate-brown. Forewing ochreous-brown with sparse dark brown irroration; subbasal line indistinct; antemedial line arched, with distinct costal patch; reniform stigma large, dark brown, consists of 5-6 streak-like spots; orbicular stigma absent; postmedial and subterminal lines distinct, their costal patches fused into long dark streak; terminal line a row of black dots. Hindwing brownish; small discal spot present on underside; outer third dark brown; fringes as ground colour.

Male genitalia ( Figs 11, 12 ). Symmetrical. Uncus long, narrow, evenly curved, with fine tip, valva narrow, elongated; ampulla long, narrow, rod-like, located subapically; aedeagus straight, long, narrow, cylindrical; vesica membranous, multidiverticulate, medial part has numerous diverticula variable in shape and size, terminal tube long, membranous ( Fig. 12 ).

Female genitalia ( Figs 17–20 ). Ovipositor large, papillae anales hairy with long setae on apical edges. Apophyses anteriores relatively short, apophyses posteriores thin, longer than apophyses anteriores. Antrum long, dilated posteriorly, ostium broad, posterior margin with small U-shaped cleft. Corpus bursae membranous, ovoid.

Distribution. Russian Far East (Primorye terr.), China.

Figures

FIGURES 1 − 8. Lygephila, ssp., adults. 1, L. vulcanea, male, Japan, Akeno (GB / ZSM); 2, L. vulcanea, male, Japan, Nara (GB / ZSM); 3, L. vulcanea, female, Japan, Akeno (OP); 4, L. vulcanea, female, Japan, Nagano (OP); 5, L. lupina, female, Holotype, Russia, Amur, Radde (MNHU); 6, L. lupina, male, Holotype of L. mirabilis, N Korea (NHRS); 7, L. lupina, male, Russia, Primorye (OP); 8, L. lupina, female, Russia, Primorye (ZISP).

FIGURES 9 – 12. Lygephila ssp. male genitalia. 9, L. vulcanea (GB / ZSM); 10, L. vulcanea (GYP); 11, L. lupina, Holotype of L. mirabilis (NHRS); 12, L. lupina (OP).

FIGURES 13 – 20. Lygephila ssp. female genitalia. 13, L. vulcanea (OP); 14, L. vulcanea (GYP); 15, L. vulcanea (HNHM); 16, L. vulcanea (HNHM); 17, L. lupina, Holotype (MNHU); 18, L. lupina (ZISP); 19, L. lupina (ZFMK); 20 L. lupina (ZFMK).