Sarbanissa subalba ( Leech, 1890 )

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 : 360

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scientific name	Sarbanissa subalba ( Leech, 1890 )
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Sarbanissa subalba ( Leech, 1890) View in CoL

( Figs. 6 View FIGURES 1–8 , 22 View FIGIRES 18–23 )

Seudyra subalba Leech, 1890 , Entomologist. 23: 110. TL: China (Chang Yang).

Sarbanissa subalba Kononenko & Pinratana, 2005: 143 View in CoL .

Material examined. 1 male. CHINA, Hainan province, Jianfengling Nature Reserve , 29-X-2005, leg. Liu-sheng Chen and Min Wang. 1 male. CHINA, Guangdong province, Shimentai Nature Reserve , altitude 150 m, 14-IV- 2017, leg. Fu-hong Wei, Shi-fang Mo and Tian-tian Yu ( SCAU) .

Identification notes. Wingspan about 41 mm. Forewing reddish purple, reniform and orbicular stigma blackish purple with white edge. Hindwing without discal spot, terminal band narrow.

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by the continuous and narrow terminal band of hindwing and gradually dilating from costa to anal angle.

S. subalba is similar to S. transiens , but the area around orbicular stigma of forewing is with greyish white scales in S. subalba ; hindwing with the terminal band is narrower in S. subalba than in S. transiens .

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Hainan), Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malay Peninsula ( Kononenko & Pinratana 2013).

References

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.

Kononenko, V. S. & Pinratana, A. (2013) Moths of Thailand Vol. 3, Noctuoidea. An illustrated Catalogue of Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) in Thailand, Part 2. Brothers of Saint Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok, 625 pp.

Leech, J. H. (1890) New species of Lepidoptera from China. Entomologist, 23, 109 - 114.

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 18–23. Male genitalia of Sarbanissa spp.: 18, S. flavida (Leech); 19, S. insocia Walker; 20, S. longipennis (Walker); 21, S. transiens (Walker); 22, S. subalba Leech; 23, S. mandarina (Leech).