Saturnia boisduvalii Eversmann, 1846

Kim, Min Jee, Kim, Sung-Soo, Choi, Sei-Woong & Kim, Iksoo, 2015, Saturnia jonasii Butler, 1877 on Jejudo Island, a new saturnid moth of South Korea with DNA data and morphology (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), Zootaxa 3946 (3), pp. 374-386 : 380-381

Saturnia boisduvalii Eversmann, 1846

Figs. 1 C, 1D, 2B and 2D.

Saturnia boisduvalii Eversmann, 1846 , Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 19: 83, no. 9, t. 4, f. 5; Nässig, 1994: 257. Type locality: [ Russia] Baikal, Kiachta, Urga, Kentei Gebirge.

Caligula boisduvalii fallax Jordan, 1911: 217 . Type locality: [ Russia] Vladivostok, Askold, Ussuri, Amur. Caligula boisduvalii intermediula Bryk, 1948: 19 . Type locality: [ Korea] Shoutsu (Jueul).

Material examined. 1 male, Jochimryung, Inje, Gwangwondo Province, N37° 59'31.3", E128° 30'01.4", 3.November, 2012, MNU. S. S. Kim; 1 female, Mt. Jirisan, Jeollabukdo Province, N35° 21'28.2", E127° 34'37.4", 1.October, 2011, MNU, S.W. Choi; 1 male, Mt. Jirisan, Jeollabukdo Province, N35° 21'28.2", E127° 34'37.4", 5.October, 2012, MNU, S.W. Choi; 1 female, Mt. Jirisan, Gyungsannamdo Province, N35° 21' 18", E127° 38' 08", 760m, 11.October, 2013, MNU, S.W. Choi; 4 females, Chuncheon, Gwangwondo Province, N37° 54'09.7", E127°38'18.0", 26. September, 2014, MNU ( CNU SB 4011- SB 4014 for DNA), S. S. Kim.

Diagnosis. This species is slightly smaller in wingspan (wingspan 75–80) than that of S. jonasii . The wing ground color and pattern elements are similar to those of S. jonasii but can be distinguished by the narrow gap between the eyespot and postmedial line of the forewing and the thin and dentate postmedial line and dorsally less pointed outer line of the hindwing subterminal band. S. boisduvalii male genitalia are similar to those of S. jonasii but can be distinguished by the long extended apex and short digitate harpe of the valva and the one long cornutus of the aedeagus. S. boisduvalii female genitalia of are similar to those of S. jonasii but can be distinguished by the tube-shaped ductus bursae with equal width throughout.

Hosts. Juglans sinensis Dode in Juglandaceae , Morus alba L. in Moraceae , Prunus mume S. et Z., Prunus serrulata var. spontanea (Max.) Wils. , Malus pumila var. dulcissima Koidz. , Pyrus sp. in Rosaceae , Acer sp. in Aceraceae , and Viburnum awabuki K. Koch in Caprifoliaceae ( Park et al. 1999) .

Distribution. North and South Korea, Japan, northern China, Amur, the Russian Far East, and in the deciduous broadleaf forest zone of southeastern Siberia ( Park et al. 1999).

Ecology. Adults occur once per year in Korea, from August to early October ( Park et al. 1999).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Adult Saturnia jonasii and S. boisduvalii. A: S. jonasii male (Mt. Hallasan, Jejudo Province, South Korea), B: S. jonasii female female (Mt. Hallasan, Jejudo Province, South Korea), C: S. boisduvalii male (Jochimryung, Inje, Gwangwondo Province, South Korea), and D: S. boisduvalii female (Mt. Jirisan, Jeollabukdo Province, South Korea).