Plusiodonta casta ( Butler, 1878 )

Pellinen, M. J., 2017, Two new species of the genus Plusiodonta Guenée, 1852 from Southeast Asia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae: Calpinae), Zootaxa 4329 (5), pp. 487-496 : 489

Plusiodonta casta ( Butler, 1878)

( Figs 3, 4 a–c , 10 , 14 )

Platydia casta Butler, 1878 , Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 54, pl. 38: 1. Type-locality: Japan: Yokohama. Holotype: male, BMNH, London.

Reference: Kononenko, Ahn, Ronkay 1998: 85, fig. 194; Kononenko 2005: 80, Pl. 7, figs. 17, 18, pl. 53,fig. 1, Pl. 140, fig. 1; Kononenko & Han, 2007: 52, Pl. 35, fig. 2, Pl. 200, fig. 6.

Material examined. 12 specimens (males and females) from Russian far East (Primorye and Khabarovsk territories), Korea, Japan and North China, including 4 specimens breaded from larvae on Menispermum dahuricum. Genitalia slides: male Russian Far East: 863VK ( ZFMK) and female South Korea: 30/05VK ( CIS).

Distribution. Manchurian, nemoral. Russian Far East (south of Amur region, Khabarovsk territory, Primorye territory), Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan.

Bionomics. Meso-hygrophilous species occurs in moist valley deciduous forest and sparse oak forest, along the rivers and creeks, on wet meadows, forest edges, clearings. The moth flies from late June to mid-August; probably two generations. Larvae feed in June–July on leaves of Menispermum dahuricum, Cocculus orbiculatus and C. trilobus (Menispermaceae) . In the literature the larvae was reported also on Lardizabalaceae ( Akebia quinata ) ( Miyata 1983).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Plusiodonta spp., adult. 1. P. pasi, male, holotype, Thailand, genitalia slide 035 MJP (coll. MJP); 2. Ditto, female, paratype, genitalia slide 431 MJP (coll. MJP); 3. P. casta, male, Japan, Jamanashi Pref. (coll. GB); 4. Ditto, male, Japan, Inagawa Pref. (coll. GB); 5. P. stumpfi, male, holotype, Philippines, Luzon, genitalia slide 8953 GB (coll. GB); 6. P. stumpfi, female, paratype, Philippines, Luzon, genitalia slide 8957 GB (coll. GB); 7. P. calcaurea, male, Indonesia, Sumatra; (coll. GB); 8. Ditto, male, Indonesia, Irian Jaja (coll. GB).

FIGURES 9 – 12. Plusiodonta spp., male genitalia (a—armature, b—aedeagus, c—juxta). 9. P. pasi, holotype, Thailand, genitalia slide 035 MJP (coll. MJP); 10. P. casta, Russia, Primorye, genitalia slide 863 VK (coll. ZFMK); 11. P. stumpfi, holotype, Philippines, genitalia slide 8953 GB (coll. GB); 12. P. calcaurea, holotype, Borneo, Sarawak (after Holloway 2015); 13. P. coelonota, South Korea, genitalia slide 193 - 1 HHL (coll. CIS).

FIGURES 13 – 18. Plusiodonta spp., female genitalia. 14. P. pasi, paratype, Thailand, genitalia slide 431 MJP (coll. MJP); 15. P. casta, South Korea, genitalia slide 35 / 05 VK (coll. CIS); 16. P. stumpfi, paratype, Philippines, genitalia slide 8952 GB (coll. GB); 17. P. calcaurea, holotype, Borneo, Sabah (after Holloway 2015); 18. P. coelonota, South Korea, genitalia slide 192 - 3 HHL (coll. NIAST).