Sarbanissa albifascia ( Walker, 1865 )

Wei, Fu-Hong, Kishida, Yasunori & Wang, Min, 2019, A review of the genus Sarbanissa Walker, 1865 in China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Agaristinae), Zootaxa 4648 (2), pp. 354-370 : 356

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Sarbanissa albifascia ( Walker, 1865) View in CoL

( Figs. 3 View FIGURES 1–8 , 34 View FIGIRES 30–36 )

Catocala albifascia Walker, 1865 , List Spec. Lep. Colln Br. Mus. 33: 933. TL: India.

Zalissa albifascia: Hampson 1894 . Fn. Br. Ind. 2: 157; Leech 1899, Trans. ent. Soc. 3: 214; Jordan 1914, in Seitz, Macrolep. World 3: 8, pl. 1f.

Seudyra albifascia: Hampson 1910 , Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 9: 439; Jordan 1912, in Seitz, Macrolep. World 11: 26; Chen, 1982, Icon. Het. Sin. 3: 390.

Sarbanissa albifascia: Chen 1999: 131 View in CoL ; Kononenko & Pinratana 2005: 143; Park et al. 2007: 88.

Material examined. 1 female. CHINA, Hainan province, Yinggeling Nature Reserve , 20-V-2005, leg. Min Wang. 1 female. CHINA, Hainan province, Jianfengling Nature Reserve , 9-V-2005, leg. Min Wang and Liu-sheng Chen ( SCAU) .

Identification notes. Wingspan about 57 mm. Forewing darkish brown with a little off white, forewing brownish grey with a big white speckle, reniform and orbicular stigma obscure. Hindwing apricot with a white spot at apex, terminal band black and broad, without discal spot.

Diagnosis. S. albifascia can be separated from other Sarbanissa species by the following characters: forewing with a big and white speckle, reniform and orbicular stigma vaguely invisible; hindwing with terminal band continuous, apex relatively wide with a small white spot.

Distribution. China (Neimenggu, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Guangdong, Hainan), India, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, ( Chen 1999; Kononenko & Pinratana 2005; Park et al.2007; Kirti et al. 2014).

References

Chen, Y. X. (1982) Iconographia Heterocerorum Sinicorum. III. Agaristidae. Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Science Press, Beijing, pp. 387 - 390.

Chen, Y. X. (1999) Lepidoptera. Noctuidae. Fauna sinica, (Insecta) 16. Science Press, Beijing, 1588 pp.

Hampson, G. F. (1894) Moths. Agaristidae. Zalissa. In: Blanford, W. T., The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. 2. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 155 - 157. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 58657

Hampson, G. F. (1910) Catalogue of the Noctuidae Phalaenae in the British museum. Genus Seudyra. In: Hampson, G. F. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British museum. Vol. 9. Printed by order of the Trustees, London, pp. 429 - 440. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9243

Jordan, K. (1912) Noctuiform Phalaenae. In: Seitz, A. (Eds.), The Macrolepidoptera of the World: A systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera. II. Division: The Macrolepidoptera of the Indo-Australian Fauna. Vol. 11. Verlag des Seitz'schen Werkes (Alfred Kernen), Stuttgart, pp. 1 - 496. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 14991 3

Jordan, K. (1914) Noctuiform Phalaenae. Family Agaristidae. In: Seitz, A., The Macrolepidoptera of the world: a systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera. III. Fritz Lehmann Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 7 - 8. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 61923

Kirti, J. S., Singh, H. & Singh, N. (2014) Morphotaxonomy of two species of genus Sarbanissa Walker (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera). Journal of Entomological Research, 38 (4), 319 - 322.

Kononenko, V. S. & Pinratana, A. (2005) Moths of Thailand Vol. 3, Noctuidae. An illustrated catalogue of theNoctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) in Thailand, Part 1. Brothers of Saint Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok, 261 pp.

Leech, J. H. (1899) Lepidoptera Heterocera from North China, Japan, and Korea. Part 123. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1899, 212 - 214.

Park, K. T., Bae, Y. S., Nyguen, N. C., Pham, V. N. & Pham, T. V. (2007) Moths of North Vietnam. Center for Insect Systematics, Korea, 342 pp.

Walker, F. (1865) Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous. In: Gray, J. E. & Walker, F. (Eds.), List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part 33. Printed by order of the Trustees, London, pp. 707 - 1533 https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5822 1

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Sarbanissa spp.: 1, S. flavida (Leech), male, Sichuan (SCAU); 2, S. insocia Walker, male, Yunnan (SCAU); 3, S. albifascia (Walker), male, Hainan (SCAU); 4, S. longipennis (Walker), male, Yunnan (SCAU); 5, S. transiens (Walker), male, Yunnan (SCAU); 6, S. subalba Leech, male, Hainan (SCAU); 7, S. mandarina (Leech), male, Yunnan (SCAU); 8, S. bala (Moore), male, Yunnan (SCAU). Scale bar=1 cm

FIGIRES 30–36. Genitalia of Sarbanissa spp.: 30–33, male; 34–36, female. 30, S. interposita Hampson; 31, S. assimilis Orhant; 32, S. gentilis Kishida, Eda & Wang; 33, S. pseudassimilis sp. nov.; 34, S. albifascia (Walker); 35, S. bala (Moore); 36, S. interposita Hampson.