Leucoma melanoscela (Collenette, 1934)

Xie, Linzhe, Wang, Ming, Chen, Yusi & Wang, Houshuai, 2022, Review of the genus Leucoma Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from China, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5115 (3), pp. 361-380 : 368

Leucoma melanoscela (Collenette, 1934)

( Figs 11–12 , 26 , 34 )

Caviria melanoscela Collenette, 1934b: 139 .

Stilpnotia melanoscela: Chao, 1978: 55 .

Leucoma melanoscela: Chao, 2003: 291 .

Diagnosis. The species is close to L. sericea ( Moore, 1879) , but can be easily separated from the latter by thorax with a pair of black slashes dorsally, hind tarsi black, aedeagus narrower at distal part, female genitalia with a longer ductus.

Material examined. 1♀, Nanshan National Park, Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Shaoyang City , Hunan, 11-13.VIII.2020, altitude of 661m, leg. L.Z. Xie. 2♂, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, Yingde County, Qingyuan City , Guangdong, 29.IV–1.IV.2018, leg H.S. Wang . 1♂, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, Baisha Li Autonomous County , Hainan, 22.IV.2018, 19.83 N 109.50 E, altitude of 565m, leg. Z.P. Miao, F.H. Wei. 1♀, Wu-kung mountain, Luxi County, Pingxiang City , Jiangxi, 15.IX.2015, altitude of 380m, leg. M. Wang.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Hunan, Hainan).

Figures

FIGURES 11‒18. Adults. 11–12. L. melanoscela (11. male, SCAU; 12. female, SCAU); 13–14. L. sericea (13. male, SCAU; 14. femal, SCAU); 15–16. L. nyingchiensis sp. nov. (15. male, holotype, SCAU; 16. male, paratype, SCAU); 17–18. L. sichuana sp. nov. (17. male, holotype, SCAU; 18. male, paratype, SCAU). Scale bar = 10mm.

FIGURES 25–29. Male genitalia. 25. L. sericea; 26. L. melanoscela; 27. L. ochripes; 28. L. nyingchiensis sp. nov. (holotype); 29. L. sichuana sp. nov. (holotype).

FIGURES 30–35. Female genitalia. 30. L. candida; 31. L. parallela; 32. L. chrysoscela; 33. L. sericea; 34. L. melanoscela; 35. L. sichuana sp. nov. (paratype).