Tethea (Tethea) subampliata (Houlbert, 1921), 2007

Zhuang, Hailing, Yago, Masaya, Owada, Mamoru & Wang, Min, 2017, Taxonomic review of the moth family Thyatiridae (Lepidoptera) from Yunnan province, China, Zootaxa 4306 (4), pp. 451-477 : 456

Tethea (Tethea) subampliata (Houlbert, 1921)

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Cymatophora subampliata Houlbert, 1921 , In Oberthür , Études de Lépidoptérologie Comparée 18(2): 179, fig. 4024 (TL: Tsékou, China [ BMNH]).

Palimpsestis griseocostata Gaede, 1930 , in Seitz, Die Gross-Schmetterlínge der Erde 10: 661, pl, 85, row d (TL: Burma [= Myanmar] [ BMNH]).

Palimpsestis ro-album Bryk , 1943, Arkiv för Zoologi 34A: 12, pl. 2. fig. 20 (TL: Kambaiti, Burma [= Myanmar] [ NRS]).

Material examined. 1 male, 17. VII. 2014, alt. 2,150 m, Weixi, Yunnan, leg. Zhenfu Huang, slide No. SCAU- Thy014.

Distribution. China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Myanmar.

Remarks. Tethea (Tethea) subampliata (Houlbert 1921) was downgraded to subspecific rank as Tethea (Tethea) albicostata subampliata (Houlbert 1921) by Jiang et al. (2015), but we defer this treatment because we did not examine the types.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 14. Male adults of Thyatiridae from Yunnan, upperside. 1. Thyatira batis rubrescens Werny, 1966; 2. Horithyatira decorata decorata (Moore, 1881); 3. Gaurena florens Walker, 1865; 4. Gaurena gemella Leech, 1900; 5. Gaurena pretiosa Werny, 1966; 6. Macrothyatira arizana diminuta (Houlbert, 1921); 7. Macrothyatira subaureata (Sick, 1941); 8. Tethea (Saronaga) consimilis aurisigna (Bryk, 1943); 9. Tethea (Tethea) fusca Werny, 1966; 10. Tethea (Saronaga) oberthueri oberthueri (Houlbert, 1921); 11. Tethea (Tethea) punctorenalia (Houlbert, 1921); 12. Tethea (Tethea) subampliata (Houlbert, 1921); 13. Toxoides sichuanensis Zhuang, Owada & Wang, 2014; 14. Euparyphasma albibasis guankaiyuni László, Ronkay, Ronkay & Witt, 2007.

FIGURES 53 – 62. Male genitalia of Thyatiridae from Yunnan (left: posterior view; right: phallus, lateral view). 53. Tethea (Tethea) punctorenalia (Houlbert, 1921); 54. Tethea (Tethea) subampliata (Houlbert, 1921); 55. Toxoides sichuanensis Zhuang, Owada & Wang, 2014; 56. Euparyphasma albibasis guankaiyuni László, Ronkay, Ronkay & Witt, 2007; 57. Euparyphasma obscura (Sick, 1941); 58. Neotogaria hoenei (Sick, 1941); 59. Horipsestis aenea minor (Sick, 1941); 60. Horipsestis kisvaczak László, Ronkay, Ronkay & Witt, 2007; 61. Horipsestis minutus (Forbes, 1936); 62. Isopsestis poculiformis Zhuang, Owada & Wang, 2015.