Paratalanta taiwanensis sasakii Inoue, 1982

Zhang, Dandan, Cai, Yanpeng & Li, Houhun, 2014, Taxonomic review of the genus Paratalanta Meyrick, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3753 (2), pp. 118-132 : 130

Paratalanta taiwanensis sasakii Inoue, 1982

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Paratalanta taiwanensis sasakii Inoue, 1982: 362 . Type locality: Mt. Mitake-san.

Material examined. CHINA: 1 ♂, Mt. Yangga, Wen County (32.93ºN, 104.68ºE), Gansu Province, 2000 m, 5.vii.2001, leg. Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang, gen. slide no. CYP 12047.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 11 ) with wingspan 37.0 mm. The orbicular and reniform stigmata, the postmedial line and the subterminal band are well-developed in P. taiwanensis sasakii as in P. ussurialis , but P. taiwanensis sasakii can be recognized by the male having a subtrapezoidal reniform stigma, which is somewhat rectangular in the latter species; the male genitalia are characterised by having a short and curved sella, a juxta that is concave shallowly on the posterior margin, and a phallus with L-shaped cornutus ( Fig. 19 ); in P. ussurialis , the sella is straight, the juxta is concave deeply in a broad V shape on the posterior margin, and the phallus bears a C-shaped cornutus.

Distribution. China (Gansu, Hubei, Sichun, Yunnan), Japan, Russia (Far East).

Ecology. Caught in mountains at 2000 m. Flight period in early July.

Figures

FIGURES 8 – 13. Adults of Paratalanta spp. 8. P. pandalis, ♂; 9. P. stachialis, ♂; 10. P. stachialis, ♀; 11. P. taiwanensis sasakii, ♂; 12. P. ussurialis, ♂; 13. P. ussurialis, ♀.

FIGURES 18 – 20. Male genitalia of Paratalanta spp. 18. P. stachialis, genitalia slide no. CYP 12021; 19. P. taiwanensis sasakii, genitalia slide no. CYP 12047; 20. P. ussurialis, genitalia slide no. CYP 11042.