Monema flavescens flavescens Walker, 1855

Pan, Zhaohui, Zhu, Chaodong & Wu, Chunsheng, 2013, A review of the genus Monema Walker in China (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae), ZooKeys 306, pp. 23-36 : 27-28

(a) Monema flavescens flavescens Walker, 1855 Figs 5, 6 , 12 , 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 , 22, 23

Monema flavescens Walker, 1855: 1112, fig. 1c

Description.

Wing expanse 25-39 mm. The aedeagus is 1.6 times as long as valva, shorter than that in ssp. rubriceps. Frons yellow to yellowish red.

Specimens examined.

Heilongjiang, Dailing, 390m, 30 June-16 July 1962, Bai Jiuju (25♂), 4-9 July 1957 (5♂, gen. slide WU0180); Heilongjiang, Yichun, 9 July 1956 (2♂), 6 Sept. 1956 (1♂); Heilongjiang, Wuchang, Shengli Linchang, 10 July 1970 (3♂); Heilongjiang, Harbin, 17 July-17 Aug. 1936 (2♀), 81 Aug. 1940; Heilongjiang, Hulin 852 Farm, 10 July 1962, Chen Tailu (1♂); Liaoning, Qingyuan, 29-30 July 1954 (1♀8♂, gen. slide WU0179); Liaoning, XInjin, 1954 (2♂); Jilin, Manjiang, 19 June-27 July 1955 (4♀10♂); Jilin, Changbai Shan, 800m, 2-13 July 1982, Zhang Baolin (2♀3♂, gen. slide WU0178); Inner Mongolia, Ulanhot 15 July 1987 (1♂), 5 June 1957 (1♂, gen. slide WU0181); Hunan,Yongshun Shanmuhe, 600m, 3 Aug. 1988, Chen Yixin (1♂, gen. slide WU0117); Hunan, Andong, 20 May 1954 (1♂, gen. slide WU0118); Hunan, Guzhang Gaowangjie, 850m, 29 July 1988, Chen Yixin (1♂, gen. slide WU0120); Hunan, Hengshan, 22Aug. 1979 (1♂, gen. slide WU0119); Fujian, Wuyishan, Sangang, 3 Aug. 1979, Song Shimei (1♀, gen. slide WU0121); Fujian, Wuyishan, Tongmu, 26 July 1979, Song Shimei (1♂, gen. slide WU0121a); Fujian, Xiamen, 1♂, 25 June 1973, Zhang Baolin (1♂, gen. slide WU0123); Hubei, Shennongjia, 950-1640m, 18-24 July 1980, Yu Peiyu (8♂, gen. slide WU0124); Hubei, Jingzhou, July 1980 (6♂, gen. slide WU0125); Hubei, Xingshan Longmen River, 1350m, 16 June-17 July 1993, Yao Jian (9♂, gen. slide WU0126); Hubei, Zigui, Jiutouling, 100m, 12-13 June 1993, Yao Jian (3♂, gen. slide WU0127); Hubei, Xuanen, Fengshuiling 1200-1240m, 29 July 1989, Yang Longlong, Li Wei (1♂, gen. slide WU0128); Guangxi, Longsheng, 10-15 June 1980, Wang Linyao (4♂), 26 May 1963, Wang Chunguang (1♀, gen. slide WU0133, 134); Guangxi, Gualin Forestry Institute, 5 July 1981, Liang Xinqiang (1♂, gen. slide WU0145); Guangxi, Qinzhou, 15 Apr. 1980, Cai Rongquan (2♂, gen. slide WU0143); Guangxi, Jinxiu, 1100m, 10 May 1999, LI Wenzhu (1♂) (gen. slide WU0141); Zhejiang, Hangzhou, 1 Aug. 1973, Zhang Baolin (2♂); Zhejiang, Hang zhou, 4-21 June 1976, Chen Ruijin (1♀3♂); Zhejiang, Wenzhou, 1953, Liao Dingxi (1♂); Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 18 June 1936, O. Piel (1♂); Zhejiang, Tianmu shan, May-July 1936 (1♀3♂), 29 July 1972, Wang Ziqing (4♂), 21 July 1973, Zhang Baolin (5♂, gen. slide WU0146); Shaanxi, Zhouzhi, 1350m, 24 June 1999, Yao Jian (3♂, gen. slide WU0174, 175) Jiangxi, Lushan, 17-19 June 1974, Zhang Baolin (2♂) (gen. slide WU0146); Jiangxi, Guling, July 1935 (1♀1♂, gen. slide WU01149); Jiangxi, 27-28 May 1957, Yu Peiyu (1♀2♂, gen. slide WU0150); Shanghai, 11-26Aug.1932, O. Piel (16♀4♂, gen. slides L06056, 57), 14 June- 20 July 1933, A. Savio (4♂); Shanghai, Botanical Park, June 1974 (1♀); Jiangsu, Yangzhou, 15 May 1926 (1♂), 20 June 1974 (1♂, gen. slide WU0182); Jiangsu, Nanjing, 1-10 June 1957, Yu Peiyu (3♀) (gen. slide WU0183); Guangdong, Guangzhou, July 1931 (5♂); Guangdong, Guangzhou, Shipai, 17 Sept. 1958, Wang Linyao (1♂); Guangdong, Nanling, 21 July 2008, Chen Fuqiang (1♂, gen. slide WU0053a) Beijing, 3-31 May 1957, Yu Peiyu (6♀15♂, gen. slide WU0184); Beijing, Xishan, 1♂, Aug.1955; Beijing, Qinghe, 1♂, 13 Mar.1957 (1♂); Beijing, Tanzhesi, 15 Aug. 1951 (1♂); Beijing, Bada ling, 24 June 1957 (1♂); Beijing, Baihua shan, 4-16 July 1973, Liu Youqiao, Zhang Baolin (5♂, gen. slide WU0185); Beijing, Sanbu, 25 July 1964, (5♂), 21 July 1972, Zhang Baolin (1♀); Hebei, Changli, 15 June-8 July 1972 (1♂6♀), 21 June 1973 (2♀, gen. slide WU0186); Henan, Songxian, Baiyun shan, 1400m, 18-20 July 2003, Qiu Reng (2♂); Henan, Huixian Baligou, 700m, 12-15 July 2002 (1♀); Henan, Neixiang Baotianman, 12 July 1998, Shen Xiaocheng (1♂). Black form: Shanghai Datong Route, 28 July 1980 (1♂, gen. slide L06052); Shanghai Botanical Park, June 1974, Tian Lixin (1♀) (gen. slide L06053); Shanghai, July 1935 (2♂); Jilin, Manjiang, 9-31 July 1955 (1♀2♂, gen. slides L06059, L06060).

Distribution.

Mainland China; Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan.

Figures

Figures 1 - 6. Adults. 1 Monema tanaognatha Wu & Pan, sp. n., holotype (Kunming, male) 2 Monema tanaognatha sp. n., paratype (Kunming, female) 3 Monema meyi Solovyev & Witt (Hunan, male) 4 Monema coralina Dudgeon (Yunnan, male) 5 Monema flavescens flavescens Walker (Beijing, female) 6 Monema flavescens flavescens Walker (Black form, Shanghai, male).

Figures 7 - 12. Male genitalia. 7 Monema tanaognatha Wu & Pan, sp. n. holotype (gen. slide WU 0156) 8 Monema coralina Dudgeon (gen. slide L 06051) 9 Monema meyi Solovyev & Witt (gen. slide WU 0121) 10 Monema flavescens rubriceps (Matsumura) (16058 MWM GS Taiwan) 11 Monema melli Hering, holotype (TYPE ZHUB GU 2) 12 Monema flavescens flavescens (Black form, gen. slide L 06052).

Figures 13 - 17. Male genitalia of Monema flavescens flavescens Walker. 13 Shennongjia, Hubei (gen. slide WU 0124) 14 Xiamen, Fujian (gen. slide WU 0123) 15 Xingshan, Hubei (gen. slide WU 0126) 16 Jingzhou, Hubei (gen. slide WU 0125) 17 Wuyishan, Fujian (gen. slide WU 0121 a).

Figures 22 - 23. Larva and cocoon of Monema flavescens flavescens Walker. 22 larva 23 cocoon.