Himalaea unica Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998

Saldaitis, Aidas, Benedek, Balázs & Volynkin, Anton V., 2022, Himalaea batanga, a new species from Southwest China (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Amphipyrinae: Psaphidini), Ecologica Montenegrina 54, pp. 26-31 : 28-30

Himalaea unica Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998

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Himalaea unica Hreblay & L. Ronkay in Hreblay, L. Ronkay & Plante, 1998, Esperiana , 6: 136 (Type locality: “ China, Tibet, 10 km E of Nyemo , 3800 m ”).

Type material examined. Photographs of the holotype ( Figs 2, 4 ): “ China, Tibet | 10 km E of Nyemo | 3800 m, 17. VIII. 1996 | 90°17'E, 29°16'N | leg. Márton Hreblay | & Beatrix Szin” / red label “ Holotypus | Himalaea unica | Hreblay & | Ronkay, 1998” / red frame label “ Holotypus | Himalaea unica | Hreblay et Ronkay” / pink label “gen. prep. Hreblay | N: 9252 ♂ ” ( HNHM) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 18 mm in the holotype male. The species is characterised by the long rami of the antennae, the relatively broad triangular forewing with an ash-grey ground colour and diffuse pattern. The detailed comparison with H. batanga sp. n. is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in south-eastern Xizang (Southwestern China) ( Hreblay et al. 1998).

Figures

Figures 1–4. Himalaea spp.: adults (1, 2) and male genitalia (3, 4). Depositories of the specimens and slides: 1 and 3 in AFM; 2 and 4 in HNHM (photo by B. Tóth).