Daplasa melanoma ( Collenette, 1938 ) Pang & Rindoš & Kishida & Wang, 2019

Pang, Xing-Yan, Rindoš, Michal, Kishida, Yasunori & Wang, Hou-Shuai, 2019, Review of the genus Daplasa Moore (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Lymantriinae) from China, with description of new species, Zootaxa 4695 (6), pp. 577-585 : 582

Daplasa melanoma ( Collenette, 1938) comb. n.

Figs 13–15 , 20 .

Euproctis melanoma Collenettte, 1938: 214 ; Chao, 2003: 356.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to D. postincisa ( Moore, 1879) from Bengal ( Fig. 16 ) in wing patterns, both have white forewings with a dark postmedial line, but D. melanoma can be separated from the latter by anal angle of forewing having a short clear-cut dark line. In male genitalia, D. melanoma resembles D. blacklinea , but can be distinguished from the latter by stronger bifid uncus, wider but shorter valve, and a smaller cornuti.

Material examined. Holotype, 1♂, Li-Jiang , Yunnan, China, altitude of 3000 m, 31. VIII. 1935, leg. H. Höne. Allotype, 1♀, same data as holotype . Paratype, 1♀, same locality with holotype, 9. IX. 1935, leg. H. Höne. 1♂, Hailuogou , Luding, Sichuan, China, 11. X. 2004, leg. M. Wang.

Distribution. China (Sichuan, Yunnan)

Remarks. This species is transferred into the genus Daplasa from Euproctis for the first time, based on its venation and male genital characters. The postmedial line of forewings is slightly curved in Sichuan specimen, but it is straight in types. This is considered as intraspecific variation due to geographical isolation. The male genitalia of D. melanoma from Sichuan is illustrated as Fig. 20 .

Figures

FIGURES 13–18. Adults. 13–15. D. melanoma comb. n. (13. male, upperside, holotype, ZFMK; 14. female, upperside, paratype, NHMUK; 15. male, upperside, SCAU). 16. D. postincisa, (male, upperside, NHMUK). 17–18. D. blacklinea (17. male, upperside, SCAU; 18. female, upperside, SCAU). Scale bars =10 mm.

FIGURES 19–22. Male genitalia (SCAU). 19. D.irrorata. 20. D. melanoma comb. n.. 21. D. blacklinea. 22. D.nivisala sp. n.