Donda continentalis, Behounek & Han & V.S.Kononenko, 2012

Behounek, G., Han, H. L. & V. S. Kononenko, 2012, A revision of the genus Donda Moore, 1882 with description of two species from East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, contribution V, Zootaxa 3582, pp. 37-47 : 40

Donda continentalis sp. n.

( Figs 3, 4, 10, 15)

References: Speidel, Kononenko 1998:559 ( Donda sp. nr. eurychlora ); Kononenko & Pinratana, 2005:135, Pl. 39:9 ( Donda eurychlora ).

Type material. Holotype: male, North Vietnam, Bao-Lobo, 1500 m, 10–12.xii.1992 (leg. Sinjaev & Simonov)/ Donda sp. nr. eurychlora ( Walker, 1858) det. V. Kononenko, 1998/ Genit. prep. ZFMK Nr 1892. The holotype is deposited in the collection of ZFMK, Bonn. Paratypes: 1 male, China, Guanxi Autonomous Region. 10–15.vii.2006 (leg. Wei Xiong & Liu Sheng Chen)/ genit. prep. HHL-2415-1 ( NEFU); 1 female, China, Xizang, Linzhu 80k, 24.viii.2011 (leg. Z.H. Pan)/ genit. prep. HHL-2450-2; 1 male China, Guanxi, Shivan Dashan Mts., 30 km SW of Nanping; 21˚43’N, 107˚32’E, 900 m, 1.iv.2003 (leg. V. Siniaev/ local coll.) ( PG); 2 males, 1 female, China, Prov. Haynan Wuzhi Shan, 1500 m, 18˚53’N 109˚43’E, 17.vii–8.viii. 2003 (leg. V. Siniaev & Team) ( PG); 5 males, 3 females, Thailand: 1 male, Nakhon Nayok Prov. Khao Yai Nat. Park, ca 700 m. 29.ix–6.x.1991 (leg. Karsholt, Lomholdt & Nielsen) ( ZMCU); 1 male, Sakhon Nakton, Ta Uthen, 9.v.2008; 1 male, Chanthaburi, Suan Chan, 28.v.2000; 2 males, Phang Nga, 15.viii.1998; 1 male, Ranong, 3.xii.2005; 2 females, Kanchanaburi, Sri Sawad, 22.viii.2004; 1 female, Chiang Mai, Pa Pae, 7.iv.2011 ( AP).

Diagnosis. The species cannot be separated from D. eurychlora facially. Wing colour and pattern same as in D. eurychlora . In male genitalia new species differs by shape of juxta (broad, leaft-shaped, with central longitudinal gutter and stronger than in D. eurychlora lateral flaps); shape of valva (narrower than in D. eurychlora , stronger tapered apically, with very narrow cucullus), shape of sacculus and its extensions and shape and armature of aedeagus and vesica. The female genitalia differ by the shape of the sclerotised patch of cervix bursae which is much smaller than in D. eurychlora , represented as narrow longitudinal sclerotised bar.

Description. Adult ( Fig. 3, 4). Wingspan male 41–42 mm, female 43–44 mm. Facially almost undistinguished from D. eurychlora (see above), but submedial and antemedial lines on forewing somewhat more traceable than in D. eurychlora and medial and submedial lines of hindwing more distinct.

Male genitalia. ( Fig. 10). Uncus moderately long, curved basally, hooked apically, thinner than in D. eurychlora ; subscaphium sclerotised; tegumen with broad shoulders and peniculus; paratergal sclerit broad, flat; juxta broader than high, leaft-shaped, with wide longitudinal gutter and large lateral flaps; valva relatively long, somewhat slimmer than in D. eurychlora , gradually curved and constricted apically; costa strong; sacculus long, subapically cut, with large pointed and slightly curved apical extension; with finger-like ventro-apical extension of sacculus being larger than in D. eurychlora ; cucullus gradually tapered apically, much narrower than in D. eurychlora , bearing strong setae. Aedeagus straight, longer and thinner than in D. eurychlora ; carina with pair of short strong spines; vesica projecting dorsally, tubular, with subbasal patch of small cornuti, and with large subapical diverticula armed with patch of small needle-like cornuti being larger than in D. eurychlora .

Female genitalia. ( Fig. 15). Similar to D. eurychlora , but differ the by shape of sclerotised patches in ductus bursae and in cervix bursae; compared with D. eurychlora they are more separated by membranous part of ductus, the sclerotised patch of cervix bursae is much smaller than in D. eurychlora , represented as narrow longitudinal sclerotised bar.

Etymology. The species name refers to the distribution of the species in the continental part of East Asia.

Distribution (Map. 22). South China, Thailand, Vietnam.

Note. The species illustrated by Kononenko & Pinratana (2005) as D. eurychlora .