Panthea fuscogrisea Behounek, Han & Kononenko

Behounek, G., Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2013, Revision of the Old World genera Panthea Hübner, [1820] 1816 and Pantheana Hreblay, 1998 with description two new species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, contribution IX, Zootaxa 3746 (3), pp. 422-438 : 426-427

Panthea fuscogrisea Behounek, Han & Kononenko , sp. n.

( Figs 9–12 , 31 , 39 )

References. Kobayashi 2011, in M. Wang & Y. Kishida (eds): Pl. 65: 2, 3 ( Panthea grisea , misident.).

Type material. Holotype: male, China, border Jiangxi-Fujian, Prof. Jiangxi, Lichuan, Yangjialing, 1600 m, local collector, v.2001, slide 8253 male, (GB/ZSM). The holotype deposited in the collection of Gottfried Behounek, later in ZSM, Munich. Paratypes: 1 male, same data, slide GB 12158 male (AB); 1 male, Prov. Guangdong, Ruvian, Nanling national, park, 7–9.v.2011, H.L. Han leg., genitalia slide HHL-2607-1 (NEFU); 1 male, 1 females, Prov. Guangdong, Nanling nat. park, 18.v.2009, Wang leg., genitalia slide HHL-2607- 1male, hhl- 2607- 2 female, (SCAU, Guangzhou).

Diagnosis. The new species is close to P. grisea , but differs by somewhat fuscous-grey colour of forewing, less distinct wing pattern and details of male genitalia, namely by structure of uncus, subuncus and subuncal lobes of tegumen and structure and armature of vesica. Female genitalia of the new species differ from P. grisea by narrower papillae anales, narrower, but longer, sterigma and narrower and longer sack-like shape of corpus bursae.

Description. Adult ( Figs 9–12 ). Wingspan 42–44 (male) to 52 mm (female). Head and thorax covered with blackish grey hair-like scales. Antennae of male bipectinate, those of female simple. Ground colour of forewing from blackish-gray to ash-grey, darker than in P. grisea ; crosslines less distinct than in P. grisea . Basal line expressed as blackish streak in costal field; antemedial line dentate, blackish, with whitish bordering inwardly; medial shadow not expressed; postmedial and subterminal lines oblique, parallel, dentate, with whitish bordering outwardly; terminal field fuscous-grey, with darker streaks on veins; cilia speckled, fuscous-grey between veins and whitish opposite veins; orbicular spot hardly expressed, as blackish dot; reniform as blackish vertical streak, surrounded inwardly with small whitish spot. Hindwing whitish-grey, with indistinct diffused discal streak and subterminal band; terminal line thin, dark, cilia speckled. Male genitalia ( Fig. 31 ). Uncus short, straight and more massive comparing with P. grisea ; subuncus heavily sclerotised, triangular, hook-like up curved apically; subuncal lobes ear-like, narrower basally, extended apically; juxta shield-like; valva with parallel margins, relatively narrow compared with P. grisea , slightly tipped apically; harpe massive, short, directed latero-apically, extending plate of valva. Aedeagus with short sack like vesica, armed with three cornuti; large basal cornutus dentate, two apical cornuti as flat spines, much larger than in P. g r i s e a. Female genitalia ( Fig. 39 ). Papillae anales quadrangular, narrower comparing with P. grisea , apophyses anteriores and posteriores short, equal in length, VIII sternite wide, heavily sclerotised; sterigma much smaller than in P. g r i s e a; corpus bursae pyriform, sclerotised in caudal part, longer than in P. grisea .

Etymology. The name fuscogrisea refers to the fuscous-grey ground colour of the forewing.

Distribution. The species is known from South China (Provinces Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong). Moths fly in May in rich mixed forest. Foodplant is unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 16. Panthea spp., adults (9 – 11, 13, 15, 16 — males, 12, 14 — female.). 9 – 12 – P. fuscogrisea sp. n., China: 9 — holotype (ZSM), 11 – 12 — paratypes (ZSM and NEFU); 13 – 16 — P. florianii sp. n., China: 13 — holotype (ZSM); 14 – 16 — paratypes (ZSM, coll. G. Ronkay).

FIGURES 31 – 33. Panthea spp., male genitalia. 31 — P. fuscogrisea, paratype, China, 12159 GB (ZMS); 32 — P. frlorianii, paratype, China, 12158 GB (ZMS); 33 — P. roberti, lectotype, Vietnam (FMNH).

FIGURES 37 – 42. Panthea and Pantheana spp., female genitalia. 37 — P. coenobita, Russia, Sakhalin; 38 — P. grisea, Taiwan, 8160 GB; 39 — P. fuscogrisea, paratype, HHL- 2607 - 2; 40 — P. florianii, paratype, 8150 GB; 41 — P. roberti, HHL- 1497 - 2; 42 — Pantheana jangzisherpana, Nepal, ZSM 4153 GB.