Chasminodes ussurica Kononenko, 1982

Kononenko, Vladimir, 2009, Two new species of the subfamily Xyleninae from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Zootaxa 1993, pp. 53-60 : 56

Chasminodes ussurica Kononenko, 1982

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Chasminodes ussurica Kononenko, 1982 , Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 51 (3): 595, fig. 19, 23. Type-locality: Russia, south of Primorye Terr., Ryazanovka. (Types: ZI, St. Petersburg).

Material examined. Type series, including 10 males and 3 females, collected in Ryazanovka ( Khasansky district of Primorye Terr.) 30.vii–2.viii.1979 (Kononenko); additional material : 2 males, Barabash, Kedrovaya Pad nature reserve 24.vii.2001 (Kononenko); 3 males 2 females, Ryazanovka 31.viii–3.ix.1998 (Kononenko); 3 males Krounovka, 18–20.vii.2006 (Kononenko); 5 males, Sukhanovsky pass, 7 km SW Ryazanovka , 20–24.vii.2004 ; 7 ex, Amur reg., Kundur , 19–22.vii. 1988; 1 male, North Korea, Mt. Myohyangsan, 400 m, 21–23.vii/ 1986 (P. Saek) ; 3 males, 1 female, North China, Changbashan Mt., 600–700 m, 1.viii.2001, 19–20.vii.2001 (Han). Genitalia prep.: male—167 HL CIS ( Fig. 5 ), female—162 HL CIS ( Fig. 6 ).

Distribution and Biology. ( Fig. 12 ). Russia: South east of Amur region ( Kononenko 1992), south of Khabarovsk Terr. (vicinity of Khabarovsk; Dubatolov, pers. comm.), south and south west Primorye; Korean Peninsula ( Ahn et al. 1996), North China ( Han et al. 2003). The species inhabits lowlands and hillsides covered by broad-lived or mixed forest with abundance of lime trees ( Tilia manchurica and T. amurensis ). Flight period from July to early September. Probably overwinters as egg. Early stages and foodplants unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Chasminodes spp., adults and genitalia. 1, 2. C. behouneki, China. 1. male, holotype; 2. male, paratype; 3. C. ussurica, Russia, male, paratype (IBSS); 4. C. behouneki, male, holotype, genitalia prep. 5416m GB; 5. C. ussurica, North China genitalia prep. 167 HL CIS; 6. C. ussurica, female, genitalia prep. 162 HL CIS.

FIGURES 12–13. Chasminodes and Lithophane spp., distribution maps. 12. C. ussurica and C. behouneki; 13. L. pacifica and L. gansuana.