Herpetogramma magna (Butler, 1879)

Lu, Xiao-Qiang, Wan, Ji-Ping & Du, Xi-Cui, 2019, Three new species of Herpetogramma Lederer (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from China, ZooKeys 865, pp. 67-85 : 77-78

Herpetogramma magna (Butler, 1879) Figs 11 , 12 , 31-35

Samea magna Butler, 1879: 74. fig. 2.

Sylepta [sic] magna : Hampson 1898: 723.

Syllepte magna : Inoue 1955: 175.

Herpetogramma magna : Yamanaka 1960: 322.

Material examined.

China, Chongqing: 1 ♂, Chengkou County, Mingzhong Town, 1500 m, 19.VII.2017, leg. Ji-Ping Wan; 2 ♂♂, Chengkou County, Dongan Town, Renhe Village, 1100 m, 28.VI.2013, leg. Gui-Qing He & Li-Jun Xu; 2 ♂♂, Chengkou County, Dongan Town, Xingtian Village, 1300 m, 1.VII.2013, leg. Gui-Qing He & Li-Jun Xu; Sichuan: 47 ♂, 7 ♀♀, Nanjiang, Guangwu Mountain, 900 m, 8-9.VII.2013, leg. Gui-Qing He & Li-Jun Xu; 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Ya’an, Baoxing, Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve, 2180 m, 1-3.VIII.2016, leg. Ji-Ping Wan; 4 ♂♂, Anzihe Nature Reserve, 1312 m, 11-15. VII.2016, leg. Ji-Ping Wan; 2 ♂♂, 1♀, Anzihe Nature Reserve, 1312 m, 4-5.VIII.2015, leg. Xi-Cui Du; 1 ♀, Mabian,Yonghong, 1500 m, 23.VII.2004, leg. Ying-Dang Ren (NKU); 1 ♀, Shimian, Tuanjie Village, 1650 m, 24.VIII.2016, leg. Jian-Yue Qiu & Hao Xu; Yunnan: 2 ♂♂, Lijiang, Ninglang, Xichuan Town, 2400 m，31.VII.2013, leg. Gui-Qing He; 1 ♀, Tengchong, Dahaoping Town, 2020 m, 5.VIII.2007, leg. Dan-Dan Zhang; Liaoning: 2 ♂♂, 1♀, Huanren, Laotuding, 29.VII.2012, leg. Dan-Dan Zhang & Li-Jun Yang; Jilin: 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, Yanbian, Antu, Wanbao Town, 24.VII.2012, leg. Dan-Dan Zhang; 1 ♂, Linjiang, Huashan Town, Laosandui, 25.VII.2012, leg. Li-Jun Yang; Hubei: 1 ♀, Wufeng, Maopin Village, 1175 m, 11.IX.2012, leg. Jin-Wei Li; 2 ♂♂, Xianfeng, Pingbaying, 1280 m, 21.VII.1999, leg. Hou-Hun Li (NKU); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Enshi, Xingdou Mountain, Sanxian, 1200 m, 2.VIII.2012, leg. Jun Zhang; Shaanxi: 1 ♀, Yingtou Town, Haopingsi, 1251 m, 17.VII.2012, leg. Jin-Wei Li; 1 ♀, Taibai, Huangbaiyuan Town, 19.VIII.2014, leg. Kai-Li Liu & Jiu-Yang Luo. Genitalia slide no.: DXC06205, DXC06548, WJP17414, WJP17416.

Diagnosis.

Adult ( Figs 11 , 12 ): Wings brown or dark brown tinged with faint yellow, lines and spots dark brown. Forewing with faint yellow between orbicular spot and discoidal spot, postmedial line excurved and pointedly serrated from M1 to CuA2, adjoined by a serrated light-yellow line outside. Male genitalia ( Figs 31-33 ): Uncus narrowed, distal 1/3 bearing dorsal setae, apex pointed. Valva subfusiform, densely ciliated and bearing a lamellate basal projection ( Fig. 32 ). Phallus with a cluster of long spinose cornuti gathered to subfusiform, ca. 1/4 the length of the phallus ( Fig. 33 ). Female genitalia ( Figs 34 , 35 ): Corpus bursae nearly pear-shaped. Signum nearly square, slightly depressed along diagonal axis ( Fig. 35 ).

Distribution.

China (Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Liaoning, Jilin, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Taiwan), Korea, Japan, India, Sri Lanka ( Hampson 1898; Bae et al. 2008; Du 2008).

Remarks.

The identification of this species was based on the description and photographs of external morphology and genitalia ( Butler 1879; Inoue 1982; Bae et al. 2008; Sasaki and Yamanaka 2013).

Figures

Figures 3 - 12. Habitus of Herpetogramma species 3, 4 H. biconvexa sp. nov. 3 male, holotype 4 female, paratype 5, 6 H. rudis 5 male 6 female 7, 8 H. longispina sp. nov. 7 male, holotype 8 female, paratype 9, 10 H. brachyacantha sp. nov. 9 male, holotype 10 female, paratype 11, 12 H. magna 11 male 12 female.

Figures 21 - 35. Genitalia of Herpetogramma species. 21 - 25 H. longispina sp. nov.: 21 - 23 male, holotype, genitalia slide no. WJP 17418 24, 25 female, paratype, genitalia slide no. WJP 17370 26 - 30 H. brachyacantha sp. nov.: 26 - 28 male, holotype, genitalia slide no. WJP 17421 29, 30 female, paratype, genitalia slide no. WJP 17379 31 - 35 H. magna: 31 - 33 male, genitalia slide no. WJP 17423 34, 35 female, genitalia slide no. WJP 17416 22, 27, 32 lamellate protuberance on base of valva 23, 28, 33 cornuti in male genitalia 25, 30, 35 signum of female genitalia.