Manulea postmaculosa ( Matsumura, 1927 ), 2021

Volynkin, Anton V. & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, Two new species of Manulea Wallengren, 1863 from southwestern China and northern Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4991 (2), pp. 389-397 : 393

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4991.2.12
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5030136
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scientific name	Manulea postmaculosa ( Matsumura, 1927 )
status	stat. nov.

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Manulea postmaculosa ( Matsumura, 1927) , stat. rev. & comb. nov.

( Figs 9–15 View FIGURES 9–16 , 20, 21 View FIGURES 20–23 , 26 View FIGURES 24–26 )

Lithosia postmaculosa Matsumura, 1927 , Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, 19 (1): 66, pl. 5, fig. 9 (Type locality: [ Taiwan, Nantou County, Meiyuan] Formosa , Baibara ).

Type material examined. Photograph of the holotype ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 9–16 ): female, “Baibara, Y. Saito Kikuchi” / “ Lithosia postmaculosa ” / red label “Type Matsumura” ( EIHU) .

Other material examined: long series of both sexes from Taoyuan, Pingtung, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Nantou, Ilan, Chiayi and Taipei Counties of Taiwan, gen. slide Nos.: ZSM Arct. 2020-160, ZSM Arct. 2020-162, ZSM Arct. 2020-164 (males), ZSM Arct. 2020-161, ZSM Arct. 2020-163, ZSM Arct. 2020-165 (females) (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 15–16 mm in males and 15.5– 16 mm in females. The species is variable in its wing coloration. However, the male and the female genitalia of different forms display no remarkable differences. The differences between M. postmaculosa and M. lienquan are discussed in details above in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. The species is endemic to Taiwan Island ( Fang, 1982; 2000 partim; Chang 1989; Heppner 2012, as costipuncta postmaculosa ).

References

Fang, Ch. (1982) Arctiidae. In: Wang, P. (Ed.), Iconographia heterocerorum sinicorum. Vol. 2. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 190 - 277, pls. 63 - 72. [in Chinese]

Fang, C. (2000) Lepidoptera. Arctiidae. Fauna Sinica (Insecta). Vol. 19. Science Press, Beijing, 590 pp. [in Chinese, with English summary]

Heppner, J. B. (2012) Taiwan Lepidoptera Catalog. Supplement 1. Corrections and additions. Lepidoptera Novae, 5 (1), 1 - 84.

Matsumura, S. (1927) New species and subspecies of moths from the Japanese Empire. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, 19 (1), 1 - 91, pls. 1 - 5.

Figures

FIGURES 9–16. Manulea spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 9–11 and 13–15 in MWM/ZSM; 12 in EIHU (photo by V.V. Zolotuhin, courtesy by V.V. Dubatolov); 16 in NHMUK (© The Trustees of NHMUK).