Rhodostrophia pelloniaria ( Guenée, 1858 )

Cui, Le, Xue, Dayong & Jiang, Nan, 2019, Description of two new species of Rhodostrophia Hübner, 1823 from China (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), Zootaxa 4563 (2), pp. 337-353 : 350

Rhodostrophia pelloniaria ( Guenée, 1858)

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Phyletis pelloniaria Guenée, 1858 , in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.), 10: 169. Holotype ♁, Indes orientales (NHM).

Rhodostrophia pelloniaria: Hampson, 1895 , Fauna Br. India (Moths), 3: 456.

Rhodostrophia pelloniaria meonodes Prout, 1935 , in Seitz, Macrolepid. World, 4 (Suppl.): 25, pl. 4: a. Syntypes, India (northwest): Kulu (NHM).

Diagnosis. The species and R. tristrigalis share the acute apex and the oblique outer margin of the forewing, but the medial line of the hind wing in R. pelloniaria is closer to the postmedial line. The posterior margin of the male eighth sternite is more slightly concave than R. tristrigalis . In the male genitalia, the terminal part of the valva is narrower than R. tristrigalis , and is not dilated; the small rounded process is absent on the ventral margin of the sacculus, while it is present in R. pelloniaria ; the teeth are absent on the terminal part of the aedeagus, but present in R. pelloniaria . In the female genitalia, the ductus bursae is nearly all sclerotized and about as length as corpus bursae, the signum is collar-shaped.

Material examined. CHINA: Tibet (IZCAS): 2♀, Nyalam, Zham, 2250 m, 18–20.V.1974, coll. Zhang Xuezhong; 2 6, Gyirong, 8.VII.1982, 13.IX.1984, coll. Li Baoming et al.

Distribution. China (Tibet), India.

Figures

FIGURES 1–15. Adults of Rhodostrophia. 1–2. R. jacularia; 1. Male, Mongolia, 2. Female, Inner Mongolia, China; 3. R. grumaria, male, Tibet, China; 4. R. serraginaria, male, Xinjiang, China; 5. R. bicolor, male, Tibet, China; 6. R. yunnanaria, male, Yunnan, China; 7. R. similata, male, Yunnan, China; 8. R. reisseri sp. nov., male, holotype, Yunnan, China; 9. R. bisinuata bisinuata, female, Yunnan, China; 10. R. stueningi sp. nov., male, holotype, Yunnan, China; 11. R. philolaches, male, Yunnan, China; 12. R. tristrigalis, male, Sichuan, China; 13. R. anchotera, male, Yunnan, China; 14. R. olivacea, male, Yunnan, China; 15. R. pelloniaria, male, Tibet, China. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 25–37. Male genitalia of Rhodostrophia. 25. R. tristrigalis, Tibet, China; 26. R. pelloniaria, Tibet, China. FIGURES 27–37. Aedeagus of Rhodostrophia. 27. R. jacularia, Inner Mongolia, China; 28. R. serraginaria, Xinjiang, China; 29. R. bicolor, Tibet, China; 30. R. yunnanaria, Sichuan, China; 31. R. similata, Gansu, China; 32. R. reisseri sp. nov., paratype, Yunnan, China; 33. R. bisinuata bisinuata, Yunnan, China; 34. R. stueningi sp. nov., paratype, Yunnan, China, the black lines show the cornutus and the line of small spurs on the terminal part of the aedeagus; 35. R. philolaches, Qinghai, China. 36. R. tristrigalis, Tibet, China; 37. R. pelloniaria, Tibet, China. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 44–47. Female genitalia of Rhodostrophia. 44. R. bisinuata bisinuata, Yunnan, China; 45. R. stueningi sp. nov. with the seventh sternite, paratype, Yunnan, China; 46. R. philolaches, Yunnan, China; 47. R. pelloniaria, Tibet, China. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 48–58. Male eighth sternite of Rhodostrophia. 48. R. jacularia; 49. R. serraginaria; 50. R. bicolor; 51. R. yunnanaria; 52. R. similata; 53. R. reisseri sp. nov.; 54. R. bisinuata bisinuata; 55. R. stueningi sp. nov.; 56. R. philolaches; 57. R. tristrigalis; 58. R. pelloniaria. Scale bar = 1 mm.