Ophthalmitis albosignaria albosignaria ( Bremer & Grey, 1853 )

Jiang, Nan, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2011, A review of Ophthalmitis Fletcher, 1979 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae), Zootaxa 2735, pp. 1-22 : 4-5

Ophthalmitis albosignaria albosignaria ( Bremer & Grey, 1853)

Figs. 1–4 , 45 , 57 , 69 , 81 , 91

Diagnosis. This species is easily distinguished from other congeners by the following external characters: the wing colour is greyish white; a broad greyish band is present between the submarginal line and the outer margin, which is interrupted between M3 and CuA1; the transverse lines are greyish brown, indistinct, only the discal spots are distinct, large, and broadly ringed; the terminal band on the underside of the both wings are interrupted in the middle; the hind tibia has a hair-pencil; the third sternite of the male abdomen has a setal patch. The male genitalia of the species are similar to that of O. irrorataria in: the dorsal margin of the sacculus is a sclerotized serrate band and spinulose terminally; the ampulla is a spinulose sclerotized bar; the sclerotized spines of the aedeagus are small. But it can be distinguished from O. irrorataria by the following characters: the dorsal margin of the sacculus is narrower, and the teeth on the margin are weaker; the juxta is narrower at middle and a little broadened terminally. In the female genitalia: the ductus bursae is shorter than that of O. irrorataria ; the marginal spines of the signum are longer, the central teeth are distributed radially, while those of O. irrorataria are distributed in rows.

Material examined. CHINA: Kiangsu: Lungtan bei Nanking, VI.1933, coll. H. Höne, 1ɗ1Ψ, (Syntypes of isorphnia) ( ZFMK); Heilongjiang: Wuchang, 10.VII.1970, coll. Song Shimei, 2Ψ ( IZCAS); Jilin: Changbaishan, 9.VII.1982, coll. Zhang Baolin, 1ɗ1Ψ ( IZCAS); Liaoning: Fengcheng, Sitaizi, 23.VII.1982, coll. Song Shimei, 1ɗ1Ψ ( IZCAS); Inner Mongolia: Dayangshu, 20.VI.1983, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Beijing: Sanpu, 23.VIII.1972, coll. Zhang Baolin, 2ɗ2Ψ ( IZCAS); Henan: Xinyang, Jigongshan, 250 m, 20–21.VII.2002, coll. Han Hongxiang, 2ɗ1Ψ ( IZCAS); Shaanxi: Foping, Longcaoping, 1256 m, 3.VII.2008, coll. Liu Wangang, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Gansu: Wenxian, Baohuju, 16.VII.2002, coll. Wang Hongjian, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Anhui: Xuancheng, 28.VI.1980. coll. Li Liangzhen, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Zhejiang: Taishun, Wuyanling, Fangcaoping, 930 m, 31.VII.2005, coll. Lang Songyun, 2ɗ ( IZCAS); Zhejiang: Lin’an, West Tianmushan, 400 m, 26–27.VII.2003, coll. Han Hongxiang, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Hubei: Xuanen, 1240 m, 29.VII.1989, coll. Li Wei, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Jiangxi: Lushan, 12.VI.1974, 3ɗ ( IZCAS); Hunan: Hengshan, 30.VIII.1979. coll. Zhang Baolin, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Fujian: Wuyishan, Sangang, 700 m, 13–15.VIII.2006. coll. Wang Jiashe, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Guangxi: Guilin, 16.VI.1980, coll. Song Shimei, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Sichuan: Emeishan, Qingyinge, 800–1000 m, 29.IV.1957, coll. Huang Keren, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Yunnan: Fugong, Lishadi, 1380 m, 17.V.1979, 1ɗ ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Russia (Amur, Ussuri), Japan, North Korea, South Korea.

Remarks. The three subspecies of O. albosignaria , O. albosignaria albosignaria , O. albosignaria juglandaria , O. albosignaria isophnia are very similiar in external and genital characters. They occur sympatrically in China. So, O. albosignaria juglandaria and O. albosignaria isophnia are considered to be synonyms of O. albosignaria albosignaria .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Adults of Ophthalmitis, habitus. 1 – 4. O. albosignaria albosignaria. 1, male, upperside; 2, male, underside; 3, female, upperside; 4, female, underside; 5 – 8. O. pertusaria. 5, male, upperside; 6, male, underside; 7, female, upperside; 8, female, underside; 9 – 12. O. sinensium. 9, male, upperside; 10, male, underside; 11, female, upperside; 12, female, underside. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 45 – 50. Male genitalia of Ophthalmitis. 45, O. albosignaria albosignaria; 46, O. pertusaria; 47, O. sinensium; 48, O. dissita sp. nov.; 49, O. irrorataria; 50, O. herbidaria. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 57 – 68. Aedeagus of Ophthalmitis. 57, O. albosignaria albosignaria; 58, O. pertusaria; 59, O. sinensium; 60, O. dissita sp. nov.; 61, O. irrorataria; 62, O. herbidaria; 63, O. siniherbida; 64, O. cordularia; 65, O. longiprocessa sp. nov.; 66, O. brevispina sp. nov.; 67, O. tumefacta sp. nov.; 68, O. xanthypochlora. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 69 – 80. Sternite 8 of male abdomen of Ophthalmitis. 69, O. albosignaria albosignaria; 70, O. pertusaria; 71, O. sinensium; 72, O. dissita sp. nov.; 73, O. irrorataria; 74, O. herbidaria; 75, O. siniherbida; 76, O. cordularia; 77, O. longiprocessa sp. nov.; 78, O. brevispina sp. nov.; 79, O. tumefacta sp. nov.; 80, O. xanthypochlora. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 81 – 90. Female genitalia of Ophthalmitis. 81, O. albosignaria albosignaria; 82, O. pertusaria; 83, O. sinensium; 84, O. irrorataria; 85, O. herbidaria; 86, O. siniherbida; 87, O. cordularia; 88, O. longiprocessa sp. nov.; 89, O. brevispina sp. nov.; 90, O. tumefacta sp. nov. Scale bar = 1 mm.