Cymatophora subampliata Houlbert, 1921

Jiang, Nan, Yang, Chao, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2015, An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species, Zootaxa 3941 (1), pp. 1-48 : 14

Subsp. subampliata ( Houlbert, 1921) stat. nov.

Figs 1 , 12, 13 , 22 , 32

Cymatophora subampliata Houlbert, 1921: 179 , fig. 4024. Type-locality: China, Yunnan, Tsé-kou. Lectotype ♂ (BMNH). Palimpsestis griseocostata Gaede, 1930: 661 , pl. 85: d. Type-locality: Burma. Holotype ♂ (BMNH).

Palimpsestis ro-album Bryk, 1943: 12, pl. 2: 20. Type-locality: Burma, Kambaiti. Holotype ♂ (NHRS).

Material examined. 1 ♂, China, Sichuan, Luding, Guzanjiangju, 1635 m, 21.V.2009, coll. Liang Hongbin, slide no. Drep-00626; 1♀, Sichuan, Dukou, Pingdi, 12.VI.1981, coll. Zhang Baolin; 1 ♂, Yunnan, Ruili, Wanding, Senlingongyuan, 900 m, 29.IV.2011, coll. Yang Xiushuai and Wangke, slide no. Drep-00887; 1 ♂, Yunnan, Yongsheng, Liude, 2250 m, 9.VII.1984, coll. Chen Yixin; 3 ♂ 1♀, Yunnan, Yongsheng, Liude, 2300–2500 m, 6–31.VII.1979, coll. Wang Ziqing and Yong Shengzu; 1 ♂, Yunnan, Xiaozhongdian, 3100 m, 6.VII.1979, coll. Yong Sheng zu; 1 ♂ 1♀, Yunnan, Lijiang, Yulongshan, 2800 m, 6–20.VII.1979, coll. Wang Ziqing; 1 ♂, Yunnan, Lijinag, Yulongshan, 2800 m, 15.VII.1984, coll. Liu Dajun and Chen Yixin; 1 ♂, Yunnan, Lijiang, Mingyin, 2700 m, VII.1979, coll. Liyongzu; 1 ♂, Yunnan, Zhongdian, ChongJianghe, 4.VIII.1986, coll. Chen Yixin; 1♀, Yunnan, Binchuan, Jizushan, 2680 m, VIII.1959, coll. Binchuanzu; 1 ♂, Yunnan, Yongping, Beidou, Qianmatang, 2200 m, 11.VIII.1980, coll. Yongpingzu; 1 ♂, Yunnan, Queshan, 2300 m, coll. Queshanzu; 1 ♂, Yunnan, Wuding, Wansongshan, 2400 m, 17.V.1980, coll. Yongshengzu.

Distribution. China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Myanmar.

Remarks. Laszlo et al. (2007) treated this subspecies as a species, mentioned its closest related species of T. albicostata , and gave the diagnosis. However, after examining our specimens, we find that the genital characters given in the diagnosis are variable within the species. The socii of T. subampliata sometimes are not slenderer than that of albicostata (fig. 12), the valva of T. subampliata sometimes is not broader (fig. 13), and the signum is not narrower (fig. 32). The external characters in the diagnosis could be considered as distinctions at subspecies level only. So it is reasonable to regard subampliata as a subspecies of T. albicostata .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Adults. 1, Tethea (Tethea) albicostata subampliata stat. nov., male; 2, Tethea (Saronaga) consimilis aurisigna, male; 3, Chiropsestis rubrocinerea, male; 4, Hiroshia albinigra, male; 5, Parapsestis cinerea pacifica, male; 6, Parapsestis hausmanni, male; 7, Stenopsestis bruna sp. nov., paratype, male; 8, Nothoploca nigripunctata fansipana, male; 9, Spica luteola, male. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 10 – 15. Male genitalia. 10 – 11, Thyatira batis rubrescens; 12 – 13, Tethea (Tethea) albicostata subampliata stat. nov.; 14, Tethea (Saronaga) consimilis aurisigna; 15, Chiropsestis rubrocinerea. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 22 – 30. Aedeagus. 22, Tethea (Tethea) albicostata subampliata stat. nov.; 23, Tethea (Saronaga) consimilis aurisigna; 24, Chiropsestis rubrocinerea; 25, Hiroshia albinigra; 26, Parapsestis cinerea pacifica; 27, Parapsestis hausmanni; 28, Stenopsestis bruna sp. nov., holotype; 29, Nothoploca nigripunctata fansipana; 30, Spica luteola. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 31 – 36. Female genitalia. 31, Macrothyatira subaureata; 32, Tethea (Tethea) albicostata subampliata stat. nov.; 33, Tethea (Saronaga) consimilis aurisigna; 34, Parapsestis cinerea pacifica; 35, Stenopsestis bruna sp. nov., paratype; 36, Spica luteola. Scale bar = 1 mm.