Barsine mophi Volynkin & Černý, 2019

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2019, A review of the Barsine phaeodonta (Hampson, 1911) species-group, with descriptions of four new species from Indochina and India (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Ecologica Montenegrina 21, pp. 70-79 : 76-78

Barsine mophi Volynkin & Černý , sp. nov.

( Figs 11, 12 , 20 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 11 , 20 ): male, “Lao- NE [NE Laos], Hua Phan [Houaphanh] prov., 20°12.328‟ N 104°00.621 ‟E, Phu Phan Mt., 17.V.–3.VI.2007, ~ 1750m, Vít Kubáň leg.”, slide AV2777 Volynkin (Coll. MWM / ZSM).

Paratypes: 2 males, SE [N] Laos, Pak Gaeng Noi , Louang Prabang [Luang Prabang], 1200m, 19°27.364‟ N 102°25.19 ‟E, 26–27. V .2013, leg. T. Ihle (Coll. CKC) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 10–10.5 mm in males (wingspan 20.5–21 mm). Barsine mophi and its closest relative B. arrigera differ from three other species of the group by their dash-shaped discal spot of forewing (that is dot- or comma-shaped in other species), asymmetrical distal saccular processes and the absence of a carinal plate of aedeagus. Barsine mophi ( Figs 11, 12 ) has no external differences from B. arrigera ( Figs 13– 16 ) and can be distinguished by the genitalia structures only. In the male genitalia, B. mophi ( Fig. 20 ) differs from B. arrigera ( Figs 21–24 ) by its slightly longer left distal saccular process with a smaller thorn-like tip and the presence of the bunch of spinules on the medial ventral diverticulum.

The female is unknown.

Distribution. North Laos (Houaphanh and Luang Prabang provinces).

Etymology. “Mophi” are locally trained Lao shamans, specialists in the rituals and in communication with their personal spirits and gods.

Figures

Figures 9–16. Barsine spp.: adults. 9, B. meyi, holotype male, NW Myanmar (ZMB); 10, B. meyi, paratype male, NW Myanmar (ZMB); 11, B. mophi, holotype male, N Laos (MWM/ZSM); 12, B. mophi, paratype male, N Laos (CKC); 13, B. arrigera, holotype male, N Thailand (MWM/ZSM); 14, B. arrigera, paratype male, N Thailand (CKC); 15, B. arrigera, paratype male, C Myanmar (MWM/ZSM); 16, B. arrigera, paratype female, N Thailand (CKC).

Figures 17–20. Barsine spp.: male genitalia. 17, B. phaeodonta, Nepal, slide MWM 33534 Volynkin; 18, B. joshii, holotype, NE India, slide MWM 31457 Volynkin; 19, B. meyi, holotype, NW Myanmar, slide AV4239 Volynkin; 20, B. mophi, holotype, N Laos, slide AV2777 Volynkin

Figures 21–24. Barsine arrigera: male genitalia. 21, holotype, N Thailand, slide ZSM Arct. 10/2017 Volynkin; 22, paratype, N Thailand, slide AV2778 Volynkin; 23, paratype, N Thailand, slide AV2779 Volynkin; 24, paratype, C Myanmar, slide MWM 33581 Volynkin.