Stigmatophora (Stigmatophora) flavogrisea ( Leech, 1899 ), 2021

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2021, On the taxonomic status of the genus Hypeugoa Leech with description of a new species of Miltochrista Hübner from Thailand (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5023 (3), pp. 421-432 : 424-425

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5023.3.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5226295
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scientific name	Stigmatophora (Stigmatophora) flavogrisea ( Leech, 1899 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Stigmatophora (Stigmatophora) flavogrisea ( Leech, 1899) , comb. nov.

( Figs 7, 8 View FIGURES 1–8 , 19 View FIGURES 17–20 )

Hypeugoa flavogrisea Leech, 1899 , Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1899 (1): 190 (Type locality: [SW China, Sichuan, N of Kangding] “to the north of Ta-chien-lu ... Western China ”).

Type material examined. Holotype (by monotypy) ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1–8 ): male, “N. of Ta-chen-lu” / “ Hypeugoa flavogrisea type ♂. Leech.” /red ring “Type”label /“Leech Coll.1900-64.”/ QR-code label with unique number“ NHMUK010598613 About NHMUK ” ( NHMUK).

Additional material examined. CHINA: 1 male, [SE Gansu, Lixian, SW Qinling Mts ] Kansu mer. or., Lihsien, Peilingschan mer., 3000m, July / Collection Daniel, gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2020-216 (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 18–19.5 mm in males. The species ( Figs 7, 8 View FIGURES 1–8 ) superficially differs from S. orientalis ( Figs 1–6 View FIGURES 1–8 ) in the creamy head and collar (those are intensely suffused with grey scales in S. orientalis ) and the markedly paler subbasal and subterminal areas of the forewing. The male genital capsule of S. flavogrisea ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17–20 ) differs from that of S. orientalis ( Figs 17, 18 View FIGURES 17–20 ) in the wider valva (the width to length ratio is 1:2.6 vs.1: 2.8 in S. orientalis ) with the somewhat more convex costal margin, the less elongate harpe, the somewhat thinner medial crest of the valva and the more curved distal saccular process. The phallus of S. flavogrisea is somewhat more curved medially than that of S. orientalis . The vesica of S. flavogrisea is similar to that of S. orientalis but the distal diverticula are broader and separated from each other whereas in S. orientalis they originate from the common base.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Known from western China (Sichuan and Gansu Provinces) ( Leech 1899; Daniel 1951).

References

Daniel, F. (1951) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Arctiidae Ostasiens unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Ausbeuten von Dr. h. c. H. Hone aus diesem Gebiet (Lep. - Het.). III. Teil: Lithosiinae. Bonner zoologische Beitrage, 2 (3 - 4), 291 - 327. [in German] [Denis, J. N. C. M. & Schiffermuller, I.] (1775) Ankundung eines systematisches Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend. Bernardi, Wien, 333 pp. [in German]

Leech, J. H. (1899) Lepidoptera Heterocera from Northern China, Japan and Corea. Part II. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1899 (1), 99 - 219. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1899. tb 03304. x