Sarbanissa insocia 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 : 359

Sarbanissa insocia Walker, 1865

( Figs. 2 , 19 )

Sarbanissa insocia Walker, 1865 , List Spec. Lep. Colln Br. Mus. 33: 746. TL: India (Darjeeling).

Phaegorista catocalina Walker, 1866 , List Spec. Lep. Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1859.

Zalissa exiguifascia Swinhoe, 1892 , Cat. East & Aust. Lep. Het. 1: 167.

Seudyra catocalina: Hampson, 1910 , Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 9:433; Chen 1982, lcon. Het. Sin. 3: 390.

Sarbanissa insocia: Chen 1999: 131 ; Kononenko & Pinratana 2005: 143.

Sarbanissa insocia sichuanensis Kishida, Eda & Wang, 2018 , Tinea 24 (3): 152–155.

Material examined. 1 male. CHINA, Yunnan province, Drung-Nu Autonomous county of Gongshan, Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang , 21-VIII-2006, leg. Min Wang and Xiao-ling Fan. 2 males. CHINA, Xizang Autonomous Region, Pailong county, Linzhi city, altitude 2030 m, 31-VII-2017, leg. Fu-hong Wei, Shi-fang Mo, Si-yao Huang and Shu-qin Ji ( SCAU) .

Identification notes. Wingspan about 52 mm. Forewing chocolate-black with grey line and patches, orbicular and reniform stigma big, brownish black with white edge. Hindwing apricot, discal spot small and black, subterminal band narrowing towards costa margin, submedial area with a black, longitudinal stripe.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other congeneric species by the continuous and tapering subterminal band of hindwing beyond the anal angle to costal margin, the discal spot small and obscure.

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Xizang), Nepal, India, Thailand ( Chen 1999; Kononenko & Pinratana 2013).

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).