Penthicodes (Ereosoma) pulchella (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

Jiaranaisakul, Kawin, Makbun, Noppadon & Constant, Jérôme, 2010, The lanternflies of the Penthicodes (Ereosoma) atomaria + species group in Thailand: New records and host plants (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 1-15 : 1-15

Penthicodes (Ereosoma) pulchella (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

Figs 3 E–H , 7–8

Aphaena pulchella Guérin-Méneville, 1838 .

Aphaena confuscius White, 1846 .

Aphaena io Walker, 1851.

Aphaena nigroirrorata Stål, 1854 .

Penthicodes wachsi Schmidt, 1930 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED: THAILAND: 2♂♂, 6♀♀: Udon Thani, Phu Phra Bat Historical Park, 4.XII.2017, K. Jiaranaisakul .

MATERIAL EXAMINED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS: THAILAND: 1 ex. ( Fig. 7 A ): Udon Thani, Phu Phra Bat Historical Park, 4.XII.2017 , K. Jiaranaisakul; 1 ex. ( Fig. 7 B ): Ratchaburi, Suan Phueng , 15.XI.2017 , K. Jiaranaisakul; 1 ex. ( Fig. 7 C ): idem, 18.XI.2017 ; 1 ex.: Chiang Mai, Mae Rim District , 29.IX.2012 , J. Meewasana; 1 ex: Doi Suthep-Pui , 21.X.2016 , L. Day [FB]; 1 ex.: Mae Hong Son, Pai , 11.II.2017 , C. Dousset [FB]; 1 ex.: Mae Wong National Park , 20. V.2015 , anonymous.

BIOLOGY. The specimens from Udon Thani Province were observed and collected on Shorea obtusa Wall ( Dipterocarpaceae ) and Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. ( Fabaceae ) ( Fig. 7 A–B ). In Ratchaburi Province, all specimens were found under the bark of Cratoxylum formosum Benth. & Hook. f. ex Dyer ( Hypericaceae ) and Lagerstroemia cf. floribunda ( Lythraceae ) ( Fig. 7 C ) at noon; they appeared on the trunk only at night ( Fig. 7 D ).

DISTRIBUTION. Andaman Islands, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia: Java and Sumatra, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand ( Fig. 8 ) and Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 3. Penthicodes (Ereosoma) spp. Male genitalia. A–D. P. (Ereosoma) atomaria. A, pygofer, anal tube and gonostyli, left lateral view. B, anal tube, posterior view. C, anal tube and pygofer, dorsal view. D, pygofer and gonostyli, posteroventral view. E–H. P. (Ereosoma) pulchella. E, pygofer, anal tube and gonostyli, left lateral view. F, anal tube, posterior view. G, anal tube and pygofer, dorsal view. H, pygofer and gonostyli, posteroventral view. I–L. P. (Ereosoma) warleti. I, pygofer, anal tube and gonostyli, left lateral view. J, anal tube, posterior view. K, anal tube and pygofer, dorsal view. L, pygofer and gonostyli, posteroventral view. An: anal tube; G: gonostyli; Py: pygofer. Scale 2 mm.

Fig. 7. Penthicodes (Ereosoma) pulchella Guérin-Méneville, 1838 in nature (photograph by K. Jiaranaisakul). A, on Shorea obtusa (Dipterocarpaceae). B, hiding behaviour under the bark of Shorea obtusa. C, on Lagerstroemia cf. floribunda (Lythraceae). D, hiding behaviour under the bark of Lagerstroemia cf. floribunda.

Fig. 8. Penthicodes (Ereosoma) pulchella Guérin-Méneville, 1838, map of the records in Thailand.