Lithosarctia hoenei Daniel, 1954

Volynkin, Anton V., Saldaitis, Aidas & Višinskas, Vytautas, 2018, A brief review of the genus Lithosarctia, with the description of a new species from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4444 (5), pp. 561-574 : 563

Lithosarctia hoenei Daniel, 1954

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Lithosarctia hoenei Daniel, 1954 , Bonner zoologische Beiträge 5: 138, pl. 3, fig. 77 (Type locality: [China, Yunnan, Lijiang] “Nord Yuennan: Li-kiang”).

Type material examined. Paralectotype (designated by de Freina & Witt (1994)) ( Figs. 1 , 21 ): ♂, “Li-kiang. ( China) . Provinz Nord-Yuennan, 10.VI.1935, H. Höne ” / “ Sammlung Daniel ” / “ Abgedildet in Mitt. Mü. E. G. V. t. f.” / “ Paratypus Lithosarctia Dan. hönei Daniel ”, slide MWM 33707 Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) .

Other material examined: 1 ♀, [ China] Yunnan, Ta-pin-tze, R.P. Delavay / Ex Oberthür Coll. Brit. Mus . 1927-3., slide BMNH(E) Arct-6147♀ László (Coll. NHMUK).

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 13–14 mm in males and 13.5 mm in females. Externally, L. hoenei differs clearly from its congeners by its long and broad longitudinal strip and significantly reduced forewing pattern elements. Differences of the male and female genitalia of L. hoenei from those of its closest relative L. witti sp. nov. are described in the diagnosis of the latter.

Distribution. China: northern Yunnan (Daniel 1954; Dubatolov 2002) ( Fig. 40 ).

Figures

FIGURE 40. Distribution map of the species of Lithosarctia.

FIGURES 1–10. Lithosarctia spp., adults. 1, L. hoenei, paralectotype ♂, China, Yunnan (MWM/ZSM); 2, L. hoenei, ♀, China, Yunnan (©NHMUK); 3, L. witti, holotype ♂, China, E Xizang (MWM/ZSM); 4, L. witti, paratype ♂, China, Sichuan, ex ovo (ASV); 5, L. witti, paratype ♂, China, Sichuan, ex ovo (ASV); 6, L. witti, paratype ♀, China, Sichuan, ex ovo (ASV); 7, L. witti, paratype ♀, China, Sichuan, ex ovo (ASV); 8, L. witti, paratype ♀, China, Sichuan, collected in nature (ASV); 9, L. kozlovi, holotype ♀, China, Sichuan (ZISP; photo by A. Matov); 10, L. y-albulum, holotype ♀, China, Tibet (©NHMUK).

FIGURES 21–24. Lithosarctia spp., male genitalia. 21, L. hoenei, paralectotype, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 33707 Volynkin; 22, L. witti, holotype, China, Xizang, slide MWM 33701 Volynkin; 23, L. witti, paratype, China, Sichuan, slide AV3377 Volynkin; 24, L. y-albulum, China, Sichuan slide MWM 33706 Volynkin.