Barsine gratissima (de Joannis, 1930)

Huang, Si-Yao, Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel, Wang, Min & Fan, Xiao-Ling, 2019, Contribution to the knowledge on the genus Barsine Walker, 1854 from mainland China and Indochina, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4711 (3), pp. 495-516 : 503-504

Barsine gratissima (de Joannis, 1930)

( Figs 33–38 , 71–72 , 80 )

Miltochrista gratissima de Joannis 1930: 759 (Type locality: [N Vietnam] “Cha pa”).

Barsine gratissima (de Joannis) : Volynkin & Černý 2017c: 24, figs 10–16, 29–30, 37–38.

Material examined. B. gratissima gratissima : CHINA. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, altitude 1600 m, 26.VI.2018, Mts. Gaoligong , Baoshan City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, P. R. China, leg. Tian-tian Yu, Zhi-wei Dong & Zhou Chang ( SCAU). Additional material: 52 ♂, 11 ♀ from N Vietnam ( MWM / ZSM, CKC); B. gratissima versicolor : Holotype. m #, Thailand: 1450 m, Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao, San Pakia RFD, Watershed Station, 28.IV.– 1. V .1994 / Thailand: I.J. Kitching et al., BMNH (E) 1994-97 / NHMUK010604356 / slide NHMUK010313506 Volynkin ( NHMUK). Paratypes: 19 ♂, 35 ♀ from N Thailand and N Laos listed by Volynkin & Černý (2017c) ( MWM / ZSM, CKC, CAV); CHINA. 2 ♂, altitude 1500 m, 11. V .2018, Yixiang Village, Simao District , Pu’er City, Yunnan Province, P. R . China, leg. Zhou Chang ( SCAU) .

Diagnosis. Barsine gratissima is very similar to the nominate subspecies of B. defecta externally, but can be distinguished from it by the ♂ genitalia which show a shorter basal saccular process (that is longer in B. defecta defecta ), thicker dorsal lobe of distal saccular process (that is narrower in B. defecta defecta ) and 2 nd medial diverticulum of aedeagus vesica being longer and bearing smaller cornuti (in B. defecta defecta the 2 nd medial diverticulum of aedeagus vesica is shorter and bears larger cornuti).

Distribution. China * (S and W Yunnan), N Vietnam, N Thailand and N Laos ( Volynkin & Černý 2017c).

Figures

FIGURES 31–42. Barsine spp.: 31, B. defecta rubella, HT, ♂, Nujiang, Yunnan (MWM/ZSM); 32, B. defecta rubella, ♂, Pai- long, Xizang (SCAU); 33, B. gratissima gratissima, ♂, Mt. Fansipan, Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 34, B. gratissima gratissima, ♂, Baoshan, Yunnan (SCAU); 35, B. gratissima gratissima, ♀, Baoshan, Yunnan (SCAU); 36, B. gratissima versicolor, HT, ♂, Chiangmai, Thailand (MWM/ZSM);37–38, B. gratissima versicolor, ♂, Pu’er, Yunnan (SCAU); 39, B. flammealis, ♂, Mt. Da- wei, Yunnan (SCAU); 40, B. flammealis, ♀, Baoshan, Yunnan (SCAU); 41, B. vinhphucensis, ♂, Rongshui, Guangxi (SCAU); 42, B. vinhphucensis, ♂, Cuc Phuong, Vietnam (NHMUK). Scale =1cm.

FIGURES 69–74. ♂ genitalia of Barsine spp.: 69, B. defecta defecta, Motuo, Xizang; 70, B. defecta rubella, Pailong, Xizang; 71, B. gratissima gratissima, Baoshan, Yunnan; 72, B. gratissima versicolor, Pu’er, Yunnan; 73, B. flammealis, Mt. Dawei, Yunnan; 74, B. vinhphucensis, Rongshui, Guangxi.

FIGURES 75–80. ♀ genitalia of Barsine ssp: 75, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., paratype, Mt. Dongla, Sichuan; 76, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., paratype, Mt. Dawei, Yunnan; 77, B. mactans, Cuona, Xizang; 78, B. pretiosa, Mt. Ailao, Yunnan; 79, B. flammealis, Baoshan, Yunnan; 80, B. gratissima gratissima, Baoshan, Yunnan.