Udea prunalis (Denis & Schiffermueller , 1775) Denis & Schiffermueller, 1775

Zhang, Dandan & Li, Jinwei, 2016, Two new species and five newly recorded species of the genus Udea Guenee from China (Lepidoptera, Crambidae), ZooKeys 565, pp. 123-139 : 130

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Crambidae

Udea prunalis (Denis & Schiffermueller, 1775) new record to China

Pyralis prunalis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: 121. Type locality: Austria, Vienna environs.

Phalaena nivealis Fabricius, 1781: 274.

Phalaena Pyralis ferruginalis Villers, 1789: 451.

Pyralis leucophaealis Hübner, 1796: 27.

Pyralis nebulalis Haworth, 1811: 386.

Pionea prunalis (Denis & Schiffermüller): Hampson 1899: 243.

Udea prunalis (Denis & Schiffermüller): Hasenfuss 1960: 182.

Diagnosis.

Udea prunalis is similar to Udea cyanalis , Udea inquinatalis (Lienig & Zeller), Udea orbicentralis -complex and Udea albostriata sp. n. with greyish white ground colour of forewing variably dusted with dark brown, proximal cellular stigma, distal cellular stigma and postmedian area strongly and contrastingly dark browned, but can be distinguished from them in: cornuti composed of a row of linked short spines, a row of closely squeezed long spines and a single longer spine in male genitalia, the mid-folded ductus bursae with posterior half sclerotised and plate-shaped accessory signum in female genitalia.

Material examined.

China: Gansu: 5♂3♀, Mt. Xinglongshan, Yuzhong, 2120-2230 m, 29- VII– 4-VIII-1993, coll. Houhun Li (NKUM); Heilongjiang: 1♂, Jiagedaqi, 14-VII-2012, coll. Dandan Zhang, Lijun Yang, genitalia slide no. LJW12157 (♂); Ningxia: 1♂, Xinmin Forestry Station, Jingyuan, 2100 m, 7-VIII-2000, coll. Houhun Li, Shuxia Wang (NKUM); Shanxi: 1♀, Xiachuan, Qinshui, 35°26'N, 112°00'E, 1555 m, 24-VII-2013, coll. Weicai Xie; Sichuan: 10♂6♀, Rize, Jiuzhaigou, 2700 m, 13-VIII-2002, coll. Shulian Hao (NKUM); 1♂, Shuzheng, Jiuzhaigou, 2300 m, 17-VIII-2002, coll. Shulian Hao (NKUM); 11♂3♀, Zhawa, Jiuzhaigou, 2400 m, 15-VIII-2002, coll. Shulian Hao (NKUM); Xinjiang: 1♂, Kuerdening, Gongliu, 2230 m, 28-VII-1994, coll. Houhun Li, Hongyan Qin (NKUM); 1♀, Kuerdening, Gongliu, 43°10'N, 82°52'E, 1483 m, 22-VII-2013, coll. Jinwei Li, genitalia slide no. LJW12254.

Distribution.

China (Gansu, Heilongjiang, Ningxia, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang), Europe (except some Mediterranean Islands).