Synegiodes hyriaria ( Walker, 1866 )

Cui, Le, Jiang, Nan, Stüning, Dieter & Han, Hongxiang, 2018, A review of Synegiodes Swinhoe, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4387 (2), pp. 259-274 : 269

Synegiodes hyriaria ( Walker, 1866)

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Anisodes hyriaria Walker, 1866 , List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1617. Holotype ♀, India: North Hindostan ( BMNH).

Erythrolophus hyriarius Hampson, 1895 , Fauna Br. India (Moths). 3: 453. [Emendation of hyriaria Walker. ] Synegiodes hyriaria: Prout, 1934 , in Strand, Lepid. Cat. 61: 48.

Diagnosis. Externally, S. hyriaria is distinguished from S. elasmlatus by the more distinct transverse lines and the larger discal spots. For more detailed differences of external features and genitalia characters see under S. elasmlatus .

Material examined. CHINA: Tibet ( IZCAS): 5 6 3♀, Zham , 2200–2400 m, 28.V–30.VII.1975, coll. Huang Fusheng (slide No. 3309); 1 6, Nyalam, Zham, 2250 m, 4.V.1974, coll. Zhang Xuezhong ; 1 6 1♀, Gyirong, Xiao Gyirong, 2400–2800 m, 22, 26.VII.1975, coll. Huang Fusheng; 2 6 1♀, Gyirong, 15.VIII.1982, coll. Wang Jia (slide No. 3308); 1 6, Gyirong , 18.VIII.1984, coll. Yan Zhaoxing ; 2♀, Gyirong Gongshe , 26.VII.1984, 16.VIII.1984, coll. Yan Zhaoxing et al . ; 1 6, Langxian , 3100 m, 5.VII.1981, coll. Chen Tailu ; 1♀, Mêdog, Baibung, 900 m, 31.VIII.1974, coll. Huang Fusheng; 2♀, Mêdog, Maniweng, 930–1000 m, 24.VIII.1974, 12.IX.1974, coll. Huang Fusheng; 2♀, Mêdog , A’niqiao, 1060 m, 12–13.VIII.2006, coll. Lang Songyun ; 2 6, Mêdog, Hanmi, 2095 m, 11.VIII.2006, coll. Lang Songyun; 1♂, Nyingchi, Tangmai bridge, 2037 m, 14.VI.2016, coll. Li Xinxin. India ( ZFMK): 3 6 2♀, Tatacta, Pedong, Darjeeling, ex coll. E. Wehrli ; 2 6 1♀, West Bengal , Sikkim, Darjeeling, leg. W. Thomas ; 1 6, Arunachal Pradesh, Dist. Along , 2000 m, 6–12.VII.2010, leg. Bretschneider (dissected).

Distribution. China (Tibet), India, Myanmar (Prout (1938: 152), Nepal ( Inoue (1982): 137).

Figures

FIGURES 1–15. Adults. 1–2. S. sanguinaria; 1. Ƌ, China, Yunnan, 2. Ƌ, India, Arunachal Pradesh (ZFMK); 3. S. punicearia (holotype, IZCAS), Ƌ, China, Sichuan; 4–5. S. histrionaria; 4. Ƌ, China, Tibet, 5. Ƌ, N. India, Khasi Hills (paratype, ZFMK); 6–7. S. ornata (ZFMK); 6. Ƌ, China, Taiwan (dark form), 7. Ƌ, China, Taiwan (light form); 8. S. diffusifascia, Ƌ, N. India, Khasi Hills (paratype, ZFMK); 9–10. S. expansus 9. Ƌ, China, Guangdong (holotype, IZCAS); 10. ♀, (paratype, ZFMK), S. China, Guangdong; 11. S. obliquifascia, Ƌ, China, Tibet; 12. S.hyriaria, Ƌ, China, Tibet; 13. S. elasmlatus(holotype, IZCAS), Ƌ, China, Yunnan; 14–15. “S”. brunnearia, 14. Ƌ, China, Yunnan, 15. Ƌ, China, Sichuan.Scale bar = 10mm.

FIGURES 16–23. Male genitalia. 16. S. sanguinaria, China, Yunnan; 17. S. punicearia (holotype, IZCAS), China, Sichuan; 18.S. histrionaria, China, Tibet; 19. S. ornata, China, Taiwan; 20. S.diffusifascia (paratype, ZFMK), N.India,Khasi Hills; 21. S. expansus (holotype, IZCAS), China, Guangdong; 22. S. obliquifascia, China, Tibet; 23. S. hyriaria, China, Tibet.Scale bars = 1 mm.