Pangrapta neoobscurata Hu, Yu & Wang, 2017

Hu, Yan-Qing, Yu, Yong & Wang, Min, 2017, A new species of Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Pangraptinae), Zootaxa 4362 (1) : -

Pangrapta neoobscurata Hu, Yu & Wang sp. nov. (Figs 7–12)

Type material. Holotype: male, Shimentai, 153 m, Yingde, Guangdong Prov., 10–13.iv. 2017, Legs. Yanqing Hu & Yong Yu. Paratype: male, with the same date as the holotype. All specimens are deposited in Southwest University of Science and Technology ( SWUST), Mianyang, China .

Diagnosis. The new species resembles externally P. obscurata with very similar wing pattern (Figs 4, 7, 10). However, the obvious identification features are as follows: the new species has a broader, blackish brown and y-shaped stripe (Fig. 7, blue circle) between postmedial and medial lines and a smaller, grayish black and triangular patch next to apical angle in forewing costa compared with P. obscurata , which has a slender, dark brown and y-shaped stripe and a bigger, grayish brown and triangular patch; in hind wing, P. obscurata has successively two dark brown lines, a dark brown shadow and a serrated and dark brown line from wing base to out margin (Fig. 4, red circle), but the new species has a blackish brown shadow, with a black and thick line inside. The difference configuration in male genitalia is remarkable: valva, sacculus and tegumen wider, harpe thick, vesica with one cornutus in new species, while valva, sacculus, tegumen and harpe slender, vesica with three cornuti in P. obscurata .

FIGURES 1–12. 1–3. P. suaveola . 1. Male adult; 2 & 3. Male genitalia. 4–6. P. obscurata . 4. Male adult; 5 & 6. Male genitalia. 7–12. P. neoobscurata sp. nov. 7. Male adult (Holotype); 8 & 9. Male genitalia (Holotype); 10. Male adult (Paratype); 11 & 12 Male genitalia (Paratype).

Description. Adult (Figs 7 & 10). Wingspan 28–29 mm. Head, thorax, collar and abdomen dark brown; antenna dark brown, filiform; labial palpus dark brown, stretched beyond the vertex. Forewing ground color dark brown, a blackish brown and y-shaped stripe between postmedial and medial lines, a grayish black and triangular patch next to apical angle in forewing costa; basal line blackish brown, just represented at front part; antemedial line blackish brown and wavy; medial line blackish brown and arc-shaped; postmedial line black and sinuated; subterminal line poorly discernible, wavy; terminal line blackish brown and thin; cilia blackish brown; reniform spot poorly obvious and black circle; orbicular spot undistinguished. Hind wing ground color grayish brown; medial line black, relatively broad; postmedial line blackish brown, similar shadow; terminal line bronze, wavy; a yellowish brown area outside of postmedial line; cilia blackish brown; discal spot brown. Male genitalia (Figs 8, 9, 11 & 12). Uncus thin, long, hookshaped apically, almost 3 times as long as harpe; tegumen more broad; valva long, broad distally; cucullus round; harpe close to cucullus margin, short, finger-shaped, round apically; sacculus broad, 3/5 time as long as valva; saccus small, Vshaped. Aedeagus short; vesica with a huge cornutus and two diverticula covered with many dots and spines. Female. Unknown.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the name of P. obscurata .

Distribution. China (Guangdong).