Craniophora pacifica Filipjev, 1927

Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2010, New species of the genera Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816 and Craniophora Snellen, 1867 from China with notes on synonymy and checklist (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Acronictinae), Zootaxa 2678 (1), pp. 48-68 : 63

Craniophora pacifica Filipjev, 1927

( Figs. 14, 15 , 18 , 25, 29 )

Craniophora pacifica Filipjev, 1927 , Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l’Académie des Sciiences d’l’URSS 28: 231, pl. 12: 8, 9 (Type-locality: Russia, “Sutschan” [Primorye, Partizansk]).

SYNONYMY: albonigra ; Hampson, 1909, nec Herz 1904, misident.; kalgana Draudt, 1931 ; niveosparsa: Kozhantschikov, 1950: 541 , nec Matsumura, 1926, misident.

Bionomics. Mesophilous species, common in deciduous and mixed forest in valleys where syringa bushes are abundant. Univoltine. The moth flies from June to August. Larvae feed on Syringa amurensis , Fraxinus rhynchophila , F. mandshurica (Oleaceae) . Overwinters as pupa.

Distribution ( Fig. 32 ). Far East (South of Khabarovsk and Primorye terr.), Korea, Japan, northeast China.

Notes. Early authors often confused this species with other Acronictinae . Hampson (1909, pl. 124, fig. 3) misidentified and illustrated C. pacifica as " Craniophora albonigra Herz, 1904 " [currently Cranionycta albonigra (Herz, 1904) ]. This misidentification by Hampson was repeated by Warren (1914, pl. 75g), Draudt (1937, pl. IV, fig. f3 and g3) and most recently by Chen (1982, pl. 77, fig. 1751). Kozhanchikov (1950) misidentified and illustrated this species as “ Craniophora niveosparsa Matsumura, 1926 ” [currently Narcotica niveosparsa (Matsumura, 1926) ].

Figures

FIGURES 11–16. Craniophora ssp., adults. 11. C. draudti, male, holotype (ZFMK); 12. C. tapaishana, male, lectotype (ZFMK); 13. C. simillima, lectotype (ZFMK); 14. C. pacifica, male Russia, Primorye (IBSS); 15. C. pacifica, female Russia, Primorye (IBSS); 16. C. ligustri, male Russia, Primorye (IBSS).

FIGURES 17–20. Craniophora ssp., adults. 17. C. draudti, type series (ZFMK); 18. C. filipjevi (ZFMK); 19. C. tapaishana, types and other material (ZFMK); 20. C. simillima, types and other material (ZFMK).

FIGURES 24–30. Craniophora ssp., male and female genitalia. 25. C. pacifica, prep. 3010 VK (IBSS); 26. C. ligustri, prep. 1850 VK (ZFMK); 27. C. tapaishana, paralectotype, prep. 1867 VK (ZFMK); 28. C. simillima, prep. 1965 VK (ZFMK); 29. C. pacifica, Russia, Primorye, VK; 30. C. ligustri, N China, prep. HHL.

FIGURES 31–32. 31. Acronicta cinerea (holotype of A. cinerascens, ZISP), adult, North China; 32. A. cinerea (holotype of A. cinerascens, ZISP), male genitalia, prep. 0266 AM; 33, 34, Distribution maps. 31. Acronicta alni and A. naxi; 32. Craniophora pacifica, C. draudti, C. tapaishana and C. simillima.