Mummu aerata Solovyev & Witt, 2009

Wu, Jun, Solovyev, Alexey V. & Han, Hui-Lin, 2022, Two new species and two unrecorded species of Limacodidae (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea) from Xizang, China, ZooKeys 1100, pp. 71-85 : 71

Mummu aerata Solovyev & Witt, 2009

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Mummu aerata Solovyev & Witt, 2009, Entomofauna, suppl. 16: 183, pl. 15, figs 19-20. Type locality N. Vietnam: Lao Cai (Mt. Fan-si-pan W-Seite). Holotype: ♂ (MWM/ ZSM).

Specimens examined.

3 ♂, China, Xizang Autonomous Region, Linzhi (= Nyingchi) City , Motuo (= Medog) County , Beibeng Countryside , Dergong Village , 25.V.-4.VI.2021, HL. Han leg., genit. prep. WuJ-549-1, WuJ-551-1 (NEFU) ; 1 ♂, China, Prov. Yunnan, Pu’er City, Lancang County, Fofang Community , 20.IV.2013, HL. Han leg., genit. prep. WuJ-699-1 (NEFU) .

Diagnosis.

Based on the descriptions of Solovyev and Witt (2009), M. aerata is extremely similar in appearance to its rare Himalayan congener M. cuprea (Moore, 1879). The difference between them is that the former has a better-defined border of the distal pale zone in the forewings, whereas the same area in M. cuprea is smooth.

Bionomics.

The specimens were collected from May to June at altitudes of ~ 850 m a.s.l. The collection area is a subtropical climate zone (Fig. 25 ).

Distribution.

China (Xizang: Motuo; Yunnan: Lancang), Thailand, Vietnam.

Remarks.

The genus is associated with the genera Pseudonirmides Holloway, 1986, Nirmides Hering, 1931 and Chibiraga Matsumura, 1931 both in appearance and the smaller pairwise distances of COI (0.097-0.137) ( Solovyev 2015); however, the presence of the strongly modified asymmetric juxta with a large, finger-shaped, hairy right process and the absence of the saccular processes of valvae are the diagnostic features.

Figures

Figures 1 - 11. Adults: 1 Iragoides peiwangi sp. nov., male, holotype, Xizang, China (NEFU) 2 I. peiwangi sp. nov., male, paratype, Xizang, China (NEFU) 3 I. elongata Hering, 1931, male, Chongqing, China (NEFU) 4 I. elongata Hering, 1931, male, Yunnan, China (NEFU) 5 I. elongata Hering, 1931, female, Chongqing, China (NEFU) 6 Caelestomorpha serratus sp. nov., male, holotype, Xizang, China (NEFU) 7 C. serratus sp. nov., male, paratype, Xizang, China (NEFU) 8 C. endodonta (Hampson, 1987), male, N. W. India (MWM / ZSM) 9 Euphlyctina phaeopasta (Hampson, 1906), male, Xizang, China (NEFU) 10 E. phaeopasta (Hampson, 1906), female, Xizang, China (NEFU) 11 Mummu aerata Solovyev & Witt, 2009, male, Xizang, China (NEFU). Scale bar: 1 cm.

Figures 17 - 23. Genitalia and sternite VIII 17 Caelestomorpha serratus sp. nov., male, holotype (NEFU) 18 C. serratus sp. nov., male, paratype (NEFU) 19 C. endodonta (Hampson, 1987), male, N. W. India (MWM / ZSM) 20 Mummu aerata Solovyev & Witt, 2009, male, Xizang, China, genit. prep. WuJ- 551 - 1 (NEFU) 21 - 23 Euphlyctina phaeopasta (Hampson, 1906): 21 sternite VIII of male, ventral view in left and dorsal view in right (NEFU) 22 male, Xizang, China, genit. prep. WuJ- 499 - 1 (NEFU) 23 female, Xizang, China, genit. prep. WuJ- 498 - 2 (NEFU). Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figures 24 - 27. Biotopes: 24 China, Chongqing Municipality, Mt. Simian, biotope of Iragoides elongata Hering, 1931, photo by J. Wu 25 - 27 China, SE Xizang, Linzhi City, Motuo County: 25 Beibeng Countryside, Dergong Village, biotope of Iragoides peiwangi sp. nov., Caelestomorpha serratus sp. nov., Euphlyctina phaeopasta (Hampson, 1906) and Mummu aerata Solovyev & Witt, 2009, photo by H. L. Han 26, 27 two different collecting sites in Gedang Countryside, biotope of Caelestomorpha serratus sp. nov. and Euphlyctina phaeopasta (Hampson, 1906), photo by J. Wu.