Evonima sinonanlinga Hu, László, Ronkay & Wang, 2013

Hu, Yanqing, László, Gyula M., Ronkay, Gábor & Wang, Min, 2013, A new species of Evonima Walker, 1865 (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Nolinae) from China, Zootaxa 3716 (4), pp. 599-600 : 599-600

Evonima sinonanlinga Hu, László, Ronkay & Wang sp. nov.

( Figs 1 & 2 )

Material examined. Holotype. Male, Nanling , Guangdong, 20. VIII. 2010, Chang-Song Jiang & Hou-Shuai Wang; Slide No. hyq 614 ( SCUA) . Paratypes. 6 males, with same data as the holotype, Slide Nos hyq 610, hyq 611, hyq 612, hyq 613, hyq 615, hyq 616 ; 2 males, Nanling , Guangdong, 3. VIII. 2004, Slide Nos hyq 39, hyq 40 ; 1 male, Nanling , Guangdong, 18. V. 2006, Slide No. hyq 75 ; 1 male, Nanling , Guangdong, 30. VI. 2006, Slide No. hyq 85 ; 1 male, Donglashan , Sichuan, 23. VII. 2009, Min Wang, Hou-Shuai Wang & Yang Long, Slide No. hyq 429 ; 1 male, Jialingjiang , Shaanxi, 22. VII. 2012, Li-Ping Zhou, Slide No. hyq 852 (coll. SCUA) . 1 male, CHINA / SICHUAN Qingchenghoushan Mts , 70 km NW Chengdou, 1400 m, 1-7. VI. 2005, slide No. LGN 1740 (W 15181) ; 1 male, from the same site, but collected at 15-20. VI. 2005, leg. S. V., Murzin, LGN 1741 (W 15182) (coll. Museum Witt, Munich) .

Diagnosis. This new species is externally similar to E. elegans Inoue, 1991 , but easily distinguishable by the following characters: the collar of the new species is pale orange-brown, with greyish suffusion caudally, while that of E. elegans is purplish black. The forewing of the new species has more sharply defined crosslines, especially in the costal area and characteristically more orange-brown ground color compared to E. elegans . The median area of the forewing of the new species is remarkably intense orange-brown, compared with that of E. elegans , which is clear whitish, with reddish brown suffusion only at the antemedial line. The terminal area of the forewing of the new species is pale brown, but distinctly red-brown in E. elegans ; the terminal line is blackish brown in the new species, pale brown in E. elegans . Comparing the male genitalia of the two species, the cucullus of E. sinonanlinga is somewhat less broadened than that of E. elegans ; otherwise the configuration of the male genitalia is more or less the same in all Evonima species.

Description. Adult ( Fig. 1 ). Wingspan 18-23 mm. Head yellowish white; antenna brown, bipectinate; labial palpus short and black. Thorax greyish brown; collar yellowish white with grey. Abdomen dark brown. Forewing ground color pale brown with the orange-brown stands out conspicously, basal area whitish, subbasal area greyish brown, median area orange-brown, postmedian and terminal areas pale greyish brown. Basal and antemedial lines black, arcuate; medial line inconspicuous, present only in the costal quarter, represented by a sharp blackish dash; postmedial line black, rather wavy with a black spot at costal margin; subterminal line blackish, rather thick and wavy; terminal line fine, but sharply defined, blackish; cilia greyish brown, slightly chequered. Hindwing greyish brown, without spots and crosslines. Male genitalia ( Fig. 2 ): Uncus rather long and tapering, apically pointed; tegumen narrow, elongated; valva moderately long, tongue-shaped, apically broadly rounded; cucullus covered with fine hairs; costal margin sclerotized and basally slightly humped; sacculus small; harpe short, crest-like, with fine dentation; vinculum short, relatively broad. Aedeagus short; vesica without cornuti. Female: Unknown.

Distribution. China: Guangdong, Sichuan, Shaanxi.

Etymology. The specific name is a combination of sino (= China) and the type locality Nanling.

Figures

FIGURES 1–2. 1. Adult: Evonima sinonanlinga sp. nov.; 2. Male genitalia.