Linguisaccus subhyalina Han & Galsworthy & Xue, 2012

Han, Hongxiang, Galsworthy, Anthony C. & Xue, Dayong, 2012, The Comibaenini of China (Geometridae: Geometrinae), with a review of the tribe, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165 (4), pp. 723-772 : 762

LINGUISACCUS SUBHYALINA ( WARREN, 1899) COMB. NOV. FIGS 47 , 100 , 148 , 168–170 , 203 )

Comostolodes subhyalina Warren, 1899: 22 . Syntype (s), India (north). (BMNH)

Comibaena subhyalina: Prout, 1933: 91 , pl. 11d.

Comostolodes subhyalina: Holloway, 1996: 246 .

Diagnosis: This species is similar to some members of Chlorochromodes in the bead-like margin, and the antemedial and postmedial lines being composed of small dots bordered with red. However, the male genitalia are quite different, as shown in the diagnosis of the genus. The lamella antevaginalis of the female genitalia is leaf-like.

Material examined: China: 37♂ 10♀, southern China, April to September ( IZCAS) ; India: northern India, 8♂ 3♀, May, August to September ( BMNH) .

Distribution: China (Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet), India, Nepal, Pakistan.

Remarks: In the specimens from Tibet, the females are distinctly larger than the males, but in the material from Mount Emei, Sichuan, both sexes are of a similar size (only one female examined), and the males are larger than those from Tibet.

Figures

Figures 27–54. Comibaenini moths. 27, Comibaena nigromacularia; 28, Comibaena subdelicata; 29, Comibaena procumbaria; 30, Comibaena subprocumbaria; 31, Comibaena tenuisaria; 32, Comibaena cenocraspis; 33, Comibaena hypolampes; 34, Comibaena latilinea; 35, Comibaena swanni; 36, Comibaena birectilinea sp. nov., holotype; 37, Microbaena pulchra minor; 38, Thetidia albocostaria; 39, Thetidia correspondens; 40, Thetidia atyche; 41, Thetidia chlorophyllaria, 42, holotype of Thetidia pekingensis; 43–44, Thetidia kansuensis, 43, from Gansu, 44, from Tibet; 45, Thetidia smaragdaria; 46, Proteuchloris neriaria; 47, Linguisaccus subhyalina; 48, Linguisaccus minor sp. nov., paratype; 49, Chlorochromodes rhodocraspeda sp. nov., holotype; 50, Argyrocosma inductaria; 51, Protuliocnemis castalaria; 52, Protuliocnemis falcipennis; 53, Protuliocnemis candida sp. nov., paratype; 54, Protuliocnemis dissimilis sp. nov., paratype. Scale bar = 13 mm.

Figures 91–102. Male genitalia. 91, Microbaena pulchra; 92, Thetidia albocostaria; 93, Thetidia atyche; 94–95, Thetidia chlorophyllaria; 96–97, Thetidia kansuensis; 98, Thetidia smaragdaria; 99, Proteuchloris neriaria; 100, Linguisaccus subhyalina; 101, Linguisaccus minor; 102, Chlorochromodes rhodocraspeda. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Figures 132–155. Aedeagus. 132, Comibaena subdelicata; 133, Comibaena procumbaria; 134, Comibaena subprocumbaria; 135, Comibaena tenuisaria; 136, Comibaena cenocraspis; 137, Comibaena hypolampes; 138, Comibaena latilinea; 139, Comibaena swanni; 140, Comibaena birectilinea; 141, Microbaena pulchra; 142, Thetidia albocostaria; 143, Thetidia atyche; 144, Thetidia chlorophyllaria; 145, Thetidia kansuensis; 146, Thetidia smaragdaria; 147, Proteuchloris neriaria; 148, Linguisaccus subhyalina; 149, Linguisaccus minor; 150, Chlorochromodes rhodocraspeda; 151, Argyrocosma inductaria; 152, Protuliocnemis castalaria; 153, Protuliocnemis falcipennis; 154, Protuliocnemis candida; 155, Protuliocnemis dissimilis. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Figures 156–175. The male eighth segment. In Figures 156–174, the tergite is on the left and the sternite is on the right. 156, Comibaena fuscidorsata; 157, Comibaena apicipicta; 158, Comibaena ornataria; 159, Comibaena auromaculata; 160, Comibaena tancrei; 161, Comibaena nigromacularia; 162, Comibaena procumbaria; 163, Comibaena tenuisaria; 164, Comibaena cenocraspis; 165, Comibaena latilinea; 166, Thetidia chlorophyllaria; 167, Thetidia kansuensis; 168–170, Linguisaccus subhyalina; 171, Linguisaccus minor; 172, Chlorochromodes rhodocraspeda; 173, Protuliocnemis candida; 174, Protuliocnemis dissimilis; 175, tympanal organ of Pro. dissimilis. Scale bar = 1 mm.

Figures 200–210. Female genitalia. 200, Thetidia chlorophyllaria; 201, Thetidia smaragdaria; 202, Proteuchloris neriaria; 203, Linguisaccus subhyalina; 204, Linguisaccus minor; 205, Chlorochromodes rhodocraspeda; 206, Argyrocosma inductaria; 207, Protuliocnemis castalaria; 208, Protuliocnemis falcipennis; 209, Protuliocnemis candida; 210, Protuliocnemis dissimilis. Scale bars = 1 mm.