Hermonassa legraini Plante, 1994

Gao, Biao, Han, Hui-Lin, Kononenko, Vladimir S. & Pan, Zhao-Hui, 2023, Five new species of the genus Hermonassa Walker, 1865 from Xizang Autonomous Region, China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae), ZooKeys 1179, pp. 35-61 : 35

Hermonassa legraini Plante, 1994

Figs 37 , 52 , 61

Hermonassa legraini Plante, 1994, Tyo-to-Ga 44(4): 226, figs 3 (adult), 10 (male genitalia); Hreblay and Ronkay 1997: 25, fig. 126; Ronkay et al. 2013: 33, pl. 8: figs. 1, 2, pl. 27, figs 37-40, gen. figs 57, 58; Fu et al. 2013: 518, pl. 45, fig.10.

Type material.

Holotype: ♂, Taiwan, Prov. Tayuling, Hualien Co., 30 km SE of Lishan, 2'650 m, 25.ix.1992, F. Aulombard & J. Plante. MHNG ENTO-12727. Dissected, ex slide J. Plante 1557, not examined.

Distribution and biology.

According to Ronkay et al. (2013) and Fu et al. (2013), H. legraini is endemic to Taiwan: "One of the rarest Noctuidae species in Taiwan. It is confined to the higher mountains in Central Taiwan between 1950-3100 m altitudes. The adults can be found from late July to October. Univoltine" ( Fu et al. 2013: 518).

Figures

Figures 35 - 42. Hermonassa spp., adults (35 - 40) and habitats (41, 42) 35 H. albimacula sp. nov., ♀, holotype, China 36 Ditto, ♂, paratype, China 37 H. legraini, ♂, Taiwan (after Ronkay et al. 2013) 38 H. dictyota ♂, holotype, China (ZFMK) 39 H. yixincheni, ♂, holotype, China 40 Ditto, China, ♀ 41 Habitat of H. albimacula sp. nov., vic. Linzhi City, Guxiang, 3000 m 42 Habitat of H. linzhiensis sp. nov., vic. Linzhi City, Mt. Sejila, 3500 m.

Figures 51 - 56. Hermonassa spp., male genitalia 51 H. albimacula sp. nov., paratype, China, genit. prep. GB- 318 - 1 52 H. legraini, Taiwan (after Ronkay et al. 2013) 53 H. yixincheni, holotype, China, genit. prep. hhl- 1009 - 1 54 H. dictyota, holotype, China, (ZFMK) 55 H. linzhiensis sp. nov., holotype, China, genit. prep. hhl- 5278 - 1 56 H. pallidula, China (after Boursin 1967).

Figures 57 - 63. Hermonassa spp., male (57 - 59) and female (60 - 63) genitalia 57 H. hoenei, paratype, China (ZFMK) 58 H. e. ellenae, holotype, China, (ZFMK) 59 H. oleographa, China, genit. prep. hhl- 5283 - 1 60 H. albimacula sp. nov., paratype, China, genit. prep. hhl- 5284 - 2 61 H. legraini, Taiwan (after Ronkay et al. 2013) 62 H. yixincheni, paratype, China, genit. prep. hhl- 5282 - 2 63 H. linzhiensis sp. nov., paratype, China, prep. hhl- 5279 - 2.