Aemene taeniata Fixsen, 1887

(Figs. 3, 4, 6, 8)

Aemene taeniata Fixsen, 1887, in Romanoff: Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères 3: 327, pl. 15, fig. 6 (Type locality: "Pg Tg" [Pung Tung, North Korea].

= Siccia v-nigra Hampson, 1900, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 2: 392, pl. 29, fig. 3 (Type locality: "China, Shanghai"), syn. nov.

Type material examined. Photographs of the syntype of Aemene taeniata: ♀, red handwritten label "lecto" / white printed label "coll. Acad. Petrop." / handwritten ochreous label " Aem. Taeniata Fxsn, Herz Pg Tg. 4.VIII. [18]84" (Coll. ZISP); syntype of Siccia v-nigra (Fig. 3): ♂ yellowish printed round label with a red circle "Type" / handwritten brownish label " Siccia v-nigra Type ♂ Hampsn." / printed brownish label "Walker Coll., Shanghai, 92–196. VI.[18]92" (Coll. NHM).

Additional material examined. 1 ♂, 8–22.VII.2014, Russia, Primorsky Krai, Ussuri district, 30 km SW village Krounovka, ridge Death, h=252–391, 43°37.26' N, 131°27.44' E, A.V. Korshunov leg., slide AV 2546m Volynkin (Coll. CAV) ; 1 ♂, 11.VII.2004, Russia, Primorye terr., Spassky district, Novoselskoe vill., 5 km from Khanka lake, at light, A. Korshunov leg. (Coll. CAV) ; 1 ♀, USSR—S Primorye, Gornotajushnaja [ Gornotayozhnaya], 25.VII.1976, lg. Lindt, ex coll. Schintlmeister, slide MWM 13541 Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 ♀, USSR—S Primorye, Gornotayoshnaya [ Gornotayozhnaya], 50 km E Ussurijsk, 1–14.VII.1979, coll. Schintlmeister (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 ♀, [China, Heilongjiang, Harbin] Charbin, Mandschurei / Coll. Th. Witt München / Weiden, slide MWM 31550 Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM).

Taxonomic note. The syntype specimen of v-nigra is identical to the syntype specimen of taeniata, so the new synonymy is established here: Aemene taeniata Fixsen, 1887 = Siccia v-nigra Hampson, 1900, syn. nov.

Distribution. The species is known from the Russian Far East, Korea and China (Heilongjiang, Hebei, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Henan, Zhejiang,) (Fang 2000; Dubatolov 2008). The records from Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan (Fang 2000) need confirmation.