Euproctis piperita ( Oberthur, 1880 )

Wang, Houshuai, Wang, Min & Fan, Xiaoling, 2011, Notes on the tribe Nygmiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Nanling National Nature Reserve, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 2887, pp. 57-68 : 66

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.200824

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6191587

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scientific name

Euproctis piperita ( Oberthur, 1880 )
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Euproctis piperita ( Oberthur, 1880)

( Figs. 23–24 View FIGURES 1 – 26 , 39 View FIGURES 35 – 40 , 51 View FIGURES 50 – 52 )

Leucoma piperita Oberthür, 1880: 35 .

Artaxa piperita: Kirby, 1892: 451 .

Nygmia piperita: Swinhoe, 1922: 481 .

Porthesia piperita: Matsumura, 1933: 147 ; Chao, 2003: 319. Euproctis piperita: Bryk, 1934: 220 .

Diagnosis. Forewing length 12–18 mm. Forewing red brown with scattered black scales, a yellow patch near base of costa, and an irregular yellow marginal band that are medially divided by red brown area in female; hindwing usually having a variable extent of pale brown shading. Male genitalia ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 35 – 40 ): Tegumen broad; uncus trident; valva short, wide, tapering to cucullus, cucullus acute, a sclerite at 1/3 of base; aedeagus simple, straight. Female genitalia ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 50 – 52 ): apophysis anterioris almost as long as apophysis posterioris; bursa pyriform, with a bicornute signum at the distal end.

Material examined. 13, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Guangdong, 18.IX.2006; 1Ƥ, same locality, 13.VI.2007; 23, same locality, 29.VII.2008; 13, 2Ƥ, same locality, 23.VI.2009; 23, same locality, 7.VIII.2009.

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Neimenggu, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong), Russia, Korea, Japan.

Remarks. The species can be distinguished from the other closely related species by the broad tegumen and trident uncus. It is widely distributed in China. Biological information is given by Chao (2003).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lymantriidae

Genus

Euproctis

Loc

Euproctis piperita ( Oberthur, 1880 )

Wang, Houshuai, Wang, Min & Fan, Xiaoling 2011
2011
Loc

Porthesia piperita:

Chao 2003: 319
Bryk 1934: 220
Matsumura 1933: 147
1933
Loc

Nygmia piperita:

Swinhoe 1922: 481
1922
Loc

Artaxa piperita:

Kirby 1892: 451
1892
Loc

Leucoma piperita Oberthür, 1880 : 35

Oberthur 1880: 35
1880
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