Psyra spurcataria Walker, 1863

Liu, Zulian, Xue, Dayong, Wang, Wenkai & Han, Hongxiang, 2013, A review of Psyra Walker, 1860 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China, with description of one new species, Zootaxa 3682 (3), pp. 459-474 : 469-470

Psyra spurcataria Walker, 1863

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Psyra spurcataria Walker, 1863 , List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Brit. Mus., 26: 1498. Lectotype 3, India: Darjeeling (BMNH).

Zethenia florida Bastelberger, 1911 , Ent. Rdsch., 28: 22. Lectotype 3, China: Formosa [ Taiwan]: Arisan (DEI).

Material examined. INDIA ( BMNH): 3 (Lectotype), Darjiling, 60. 15, 8.IX, BMNH (E) #1008394; 13, Dharmsala, 87.59, BMNH (E) #1008395. CHINA: Guangxi ( IZCAS): 1Ƥ, Xingan, Miaoer Shan, 1500 m, 9.X.1983, coll. Sun Yonglin (slide no. Geom-1996). Sichuan ( IZCAS): 13, Emei Shan, 19.VI.1955; 13, Emei Shan, Qingyinge, 800–1000 m, 26.IV.1957, coll. Zhu Fuxing; 13, Emei Shan, Jiulaodong, 1800–1900 m, 28.VII.1957, coll. Huang Keren (slide no. Geom-1988); 1Ƥ, Guanxian, Qingcheng Shan, 700–1600 m, 29.V.1979, coll. Gao Ping. Yunnan ( IZCAS): 1Ƥ, Yingjiang, 1700 m, 17.IV.1980, coll. Song Shimei; 1Ƥ, Cangyuan, 750 m, 22.V.1979, coll. Shang Jinwen; 13, Yunlong, 1640 m, 30.VIII.1982, coll. Du Qian; 1Ƥ, Yunlong, Tianchi, 2800 m, 9.VIII.1982, coll. Du Qian; 13, Binchuan, Jizu Shan, 2860 m, 6.IX.1980; 13, Tengchong, Dahaoping, 2020 m, 24–26.V.1992, coll. Xue Dayong. Tibet ( IZCAS): 1Ƥ, Zham, 2800 m, 3.VIII.1975, coll. Huang Fusheng.

Diagnosis. The wing pattern of P. spurcataria is almost identical to that of P. crypta ( Nepal) , except that the postmedial line on the hindwing is less serrate than in P. crypta . The male genitalia share a very slender uncus and median process of the gnathos with P. crypta , while the median process of the gnathos is much shorter; this process is much longer than the uncus in P. crypta , while shorter in P. spurcataria ; the eighth sternite of the male is distinctive in having a pair of processes, which are absent in all the other species whose male genitalia are known in this genus. The female genitalia share a distinct lamella postvaginalis with P. crypta , which consists of a pair of small blunt processes, rather than a semicircular sclerite as in other species; the antrum is longer; and the ductus bursae longer and narrower than those of P. crypta .

Distribution. China ( Taiwan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet), India, Nepal.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 24. Adults of Psyra. 1 – 2. P. angulifera. 1, male (holotype, BMNH); 2, male, from Sichuan (IZCAS); 3 – 5. P. boarmiata. 3, male (holotype? of P. boarmiata boarmiata, MNHU); 4, ditto, female, from Jilin (IZCAS); 5, male (holotype of P. boarmiata subcuneata, BMNH); 6 – 8. P. cuneata. 6, male (holotype of P. cuneata cuneata, BMNH); 7, male, from Yunnan (IZCAS); 8, female (P. cuneata matsumurai, BMNH); 9 – 11. P. szetschwana stat. nov. 9, male (syntype of P. cuneata szetschwana, ZFMK); 10, male (syntype of P. cuneata lidjangica, ZFMK); 11, male, from Yunnan (IZCAS); 12 – 13. P. dsagara stat. nov. 12, male (lectotype, ZFMK); 13, male, from Hunan (IZCAS); 14, P. conferta, male (holotype, BMNH); 15, P. moderata, male (holotype, BMNH); 16, P. gracilis, male, from Yunnan (IZCAS); 17, P. similaria, male (syntype, BMNH); 18 – 19. P. spurcataria. 18, male (lectotype, BMNH); 19, male, from Yunnan (IZCAS); 20, P. rufolinearia, female (holotype, BMNH); 21 – 22. P. falcipennis. 21, male, from Hubei (IZCAS); 22, female, from Fujian (IZCAS); 23, P. breviprotrusa sp. nov., male (holotype, IZCAS); 24, P. bluethgeni, male (syntype, MNHU). Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 33 – 39. Male genitalia of Psyra. 33, P. moderata (holotype, BMNH slide no. 16391); 34, P. gracilis; 35, P. similaria (from Dr. Yazaki); 36, P. s p u rc a t a r i a; 37, P. falcipennis; 38, P. breviprotrusa (holotype); 39, P. bluethgeni (BMNH, Inoue slide no. 8325). Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 40 – 52. Aedeagus of Psyra. 40, P. angulifera; 41, P. boarmiata boarmiata; 42, P. cuneata cuneata; 43, P. szetschwana; 44, P. dsagara; 45, P. c o n f e r t a (paratype, BMNH, Inoue slide no. 6040); 46, P. m o de ra t a (holotype, BMNH slide no. 16391); 47, P. gracilis; 48, P. similaria (from Dr. Yazaki); 49, P. spurcataria; 50, P. falcipennis; 51, P. breviprotrusa (holotype); 52, P. bluethgeni (BMNH, Inoue slide no. 8325). Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 53 – 63. Female genitalia of Psyra. 53, P. angulifera; 54, P. boarmiata subcuneata; 55, P. cuneata cuneata; 56, P. cuneata matsumurai (BMNH, Inoue slide no. 9507); 57, P. szetschwana; 58, P. dsagara; 59, P. conferta (paratype, BMNH, Inoue slide no. 9509); 60, P. m o d e r a t a; 61, P. si m il a r i a; 62, P. spurcataria; 63, P. falcipennis. Scale bar = 1 mm. 64 – 72. Signa of female genitalia of Psyra. 64, P. angulifera; 65, P. boarmiata subcuneata; 66, P. cuneata cuneata; 67, P. szetschwana; 68, P. dsagara; 69, P. m o d e r a t a; 70, P. similaria; 71, P. spurcataria; 72, P. falcipennis. 73. Sternite 8 of male abodomen of P. spurcataria. Scale bar = 0. 1 mm.