Paragona cleorides Wileman, 1911

(Figs. 4, 20)

Paragona cleorides Wileman, 1911, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1911: 266. Type-locality: Japan, Sapporo, Jozanke [BMNH, London].

Material examined. 7 males, Japan, Hokkaido, Odaira. 26–29.vii.1954 (coll. P. Savolainen) (ZMHU).

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).

Diagnosis. P. cleorides (Fig. 4) differs from its allies by paler ground colour and rusty medial field on fore and hindwing. Head and thorax ash-grey with intrusion of black scales; ground colour of wing pale yellowish - ash-grey, darker in costal and basal areas; medial field of fore and hind wings rusty-brownish; antemedial line expressed as black dash in costal area; postmedial line thin, dentate, continue as thin line on hindwing; subterminal field grey, somewhat darker background; subterminal line thin, pale yellowish-grey, bordered outside with diffused blackish streaks; terminal area pale yellowish-grey, terminal line thin, blackish; cilia pale-yellowish grey mixed with dark grey, formed by long scales. Orbicular as indistinct pale spot; reniform distinct, blackish, comma-like. Hindwing pattern reflect those of forewing, with rusty-brown medial field, thin blackish antemedial line and wide diffused postmedial and subterminal lines. Male genitalia (Fig. 20) conspicuously differ from allied species. Uncus short, tegumen shorter than vinculum, with moderate peniculus; subscaphium sclerotized, juxta separated for two plates. Valva short, wide at base, in distal third constricted, extended in apex; sacculus very narrow and long; harpe absent; digitus as short finger-like apical extension in distal part of valva; apical part of valva with wide rounded plate formed from costa and angled extension of sacculus. Aedeagus short, strong, with sclerotized spines on apex; vesica globular, bearing two strong, moderate cornuti on wide base. Female unknown.

Distribution. (Fig. 40). Japanese endemic. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) (Sugi 1982).