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

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

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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): 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 ).