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The genus Asuridia Hampson, 1900 in Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)
No full textWu, Shipher, Fu, Chien-Ming (2013): The genus Asuridia Hampson, 1900 in Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Zootaxa 3737 (5): 595-599, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3737.5.
SHIPHER WU, MAMORU OWADA & CHIEN-MING FU (2013) Rediscovery of two rare ptilodontines in Taiwan: Himeropteryx yui Okano, 1969 stat. nov. and Ptilophora rufula Kobayashi
No full textWu, Shipher, Owada, Mamoru, Fu, Chien-Ming (2013): SHIPHER WU, MAMORU OWADA & CHIEN-MING FU (2013) Rediscovery of two rare ptilodontines in Taiwan: Himeropteryx yui Okano, 1969 stat. nov. and Ptilophora rufula Kobayashi. Zootaxa 3710 (2): 200-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.2.
FIGURE 11–21 in Rediscovery of two rare ptilodontines in Taiwan: Himeropteryx yui Okano, 1969 stat. nov. and Ptilophora rufula Kobayashi, 1994 (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae)
No full textFIGURE 11–21. Abdominal and genital structures of ptilodontine moths. 11–14, 19. Himeropterx miraculosa Staudinger, 1887, Japan (coll. NSMT); 15–18, 20. H. yui Okano, 1969 stat. nov., Taiwan (coll. TFRI); 21. Ptilophora ruful a Kobayashi, 1994, Taiwan (coll. TFRI); 11, 15. Male genitalian without phallus; 12, 16. Phallus; 13, 17. Magnified image of vesica; 14, 18. 8th sternite; 19–21. Female genitalia. Photos by Shipher Wu.Published as part of Wu, Shipher, Owada, Mamoru & Fu, Chien-Ming, 2013, Rediscovery of two rare ptilodontines in Taiwan: Himeropteryx yui Okano, 1969 stat. nov. and Ptilophora rufula Kobayashi, 1994 (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae), pp. 193-197 in Zootaxa 3702 (2) on page 196, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/21808
Asuridia kishidai Wu & Fu 2013, sp. nov.
No full textAsuridia kishidai Wu & Fu, sp. nov. (Figs 7, 8, 13, 14, 16) Asuridia rubripennis: Fu & Tzuoo, 2004: 134, pl. 54: 21, nec Inoue, 1988. Type material. Holotype. Male. TAIWAN. Hualien County, Jinma Tunnel, 2450 m, 16-VI-2012, leg. C. M. Fu (coll. NMNS). Paratypes. TAIWAN. 1 male, 1 female, from the same collecting locality, 12-VII-2009, leg. L. C. Shih (coll. ESRI); 1 male, Taichung County, Anmashan, 2100 m, 30-VI-1997, leg. C. M. Fu; 1 male, Nantou County, Meifeng, 2,100 m, 29-VII-1984, leg. B. S. Chang (coll. NMNS); 1 male, Nantou County, Biluxi, 2100 m, 23-VI-2009, leg. Y. M. Chen (coll. TFRI) Diagnosis. This species is similar to A. inouei sp. nov., their differences being compared in the diagnosis part of the two preceding species. Description. Adult (Figs 7,8). Wingspan 25–26 in males (n= 5); 26 in females (n= 1). Antenna ciliate, male with a pair of long bristles on each segment, bristles as long as the diameter of shaft in median region. Head, thorax rosy-red, abdomen pinkish-ochreous. Forewing apex pointed; outer margin smoothly excurved; ground coloration rosy-red, costal margin black; transversal lines prominent, dark grey, antemedial line double peaked, medial line stout, nearly straight, postmedial line curved outward from costal margin to CuA1, then becoming straight towards tornus; submarginal striae long, prominent; marginal scales dark grey. Hindwing reddish ochreous; medial line light grey, wide, indistinct; marginal scales dark ochreous. Male genitalia (Figs 13,14). Uncus sclerotized, slightly curved downward at medial part, apex tapering; tegumen long and narrow; vinculum short; saccus U-shaped; juxta sclerotized, plate-like; valva sclerotized, costal margin protruded at medial part, distal part round, one ventral process arising from ¾ part of costal margin from base, apex round with dense spinose tufts; sacculus stout, one ventral process arising from ⅓ part from base with dense, stout spinose tufts at apex, distal part of sacculus process hook-like and strongly sclerotized. Aedeagus stout, spinose patches arising from two lateral sides of manica; dorsal part of vesica scobinate, basal part expanded, gradually tapering distally, two moderate spinose patches and a weak sclerotized plate arising from dorsal part of vesica. Female genitalia (Fig. 16). Ovipositor lobes membranous with short hair-like setae; apophyses elongated, length of anterior and posterior ones equal. Ostium bursae sclerotized, stout, ventral part strongly and widely incised (V-shaped); ductus bursae very short, sclerotized; corpus bursae sac-like, posterior ⅓ part covered densely with short spinules and scobination, this covering extends toward fundus bursae at left side; ductus seminalis arising from medial part of corpus bursae. Etymology. Dedicated to Yasunori Kishida, an expert on Asiatic arctiine moths. Notes. This species is endemic to Taiwan, and occurs in mid-elevations in broad-leaved forests in central Taiwan. It is probably univoltine, the adults are on the wing in June and July. The immature stages remain unknown.Published as part of Wu, Shipher & Fu, Chien-Ming, 2013, The genus Asuridia Hampson, 1900 in Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), pp. 595-599 in Zootaxa 3737 (5) on pages 598-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.5.7, http://zenodo.org/record/527054
Asuridia inouei Wu & Fu 2013, sp. nov.
No full textAsuridia inouei Wu & Fu, sp. nov. (Figs 5, 6, 9, 10) Asuridia rubripennis: Inoue, 1988: 102, fig. 7, nec Inoue, 1988. Asuridia camipicta: Kishida, 1978: 27, fig. 3. (misspelling of carnipicta), nec Butler, 1877. Type material. Holotype. Male, TAIWAN, Taipei County, Xindian, 8-VIII-2013, leg. Y. J. Chang, Paratypes: TAIWAN, 1 male, Taipei City, Neihu, Zhongyingshan, 250 m, 7-X-2009, leg. S. Wu; 1 male, Taipei City, Muzha, Changshanzi, 15- X-2013, leg. S. H. Huang; 1 male, Pintung County, Shouka, 450 m, 22-XII-2011, leg. Y. C. Lin; 1 male, from the same locality, 26-IV-2012, leg. Y. C. Lin (all types are preserved in coll. TFRI). Diagnosis. This species is closely related to the Taiwanese A. kishidai sp. nov. and can be distinguished by its smaller wingspan (less than 21 mm, cf. greater than 23 mm); by the postmedial line laced in its median part, rather than obtuse as in A. kishidai; by the absence of ventro-basal spinose tufts of the valval sacculus; and by the subapical costal extension (digitus) being elongate and prominent with scattered spinose tufts, rather than rounded with dense spinose tufts at the apex of the digitus. Description. Adult (Figs 5, 6). Wingspan 20–21 in males (n= 5). Antenna ciliate, male with a pair of long bristles on each segment, bristles as long as the diameter of shaft in median region. Head, thorax pale rosy-red, abdomen pinkishochreous. Forewing apex pointed; outer margin smoothly excurved; ground coloration pale rose red, costal margin dark grey; transversal lines prominent, dark grey, antemedial line double-peaked, medial line stout, nearly straight, postmedial line curved outward from costal margin to CuA 1, then crenellate-laced towards tornus; submarginal striae short; marginal scales dark grey. Hindwing pale reddish-ochreous; medial and postmedial lines indistinct, light grey; discal spot small, light grey; marginal scales dark ochreous. Male genitalia (Figs 9, 10). Uncus sclerotized, slightly curved downward at medial part, apex tapering; tegumen long and narrow; vinculum short; saccus U-shaped; juxta slightly sclerotized, weak; valva sclerotized, apical section rounded, supapical costal extension (digitus) arising from ¾ part of costal margin and projecting towards distal end of sacculus; digitus elongated and prominent with scattered spinose tufts; sacculus stout, apex not protruded. Aedeagus stout, spinose patches arising from two lateral sides of manica; dorsal part of vesica scobinate, basal part expanded, gradually tapering distally, two moderate spinose patches arising from dorsal part of vesica; a weak sclerotized plate present between the two spinose patches. Etymology. Dedicated to the late Hiroshi Inoue, a great pioneer researcher of Taiwanese moths. Notes. This new species is endemic to Taiwan. It ranges across the entire island in lower mountain ranges (below 800 m). The adults occasionally occur in April, August, October and December, possibly with more than two generations per year. The immature stages remain unknown. This species had previously been misidentified, as noted earlier, one male specimen being designated as paratype of A. rubripennis.Published as part of Wu, Shipher & Fu, Chien-Ming, 2013, The genus Asuridia Hampson, 1900 in Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), pp. 595-599 in Zootaxa 3737 (5) on page 596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.5.7, http://zenodo.org/record/527054
Ptilophora rufula Kobayashi 1994
No full textPtilophora rufula Kobayashi, 1994 (Figs 9–10; 21) Ptilophora rufula Kobayashi, 1994: Japan Heterocerists’ J. 177: 17, figs 1–4, 5 – 8; Wang, 1996: 201, fig.; Kishida & Kobayashi, 2002, Tinea 17 (2): 90; Schintlmeister, 2008: 322, figs 1554, 1557, pl. 32: 562 Ptilophora jezoensis rufula: Schintlmeister & Fang, 2001: 22; Wu & Fang, 2003: 650, fig. 412, pl. 7: 16. Specimens examined: Type material: Holotype. Male, TAIWAN. Yilan Hsien [Ilan County], Szuyuanakou [Siyuanyakou], 1800 m, 10 -XII- 1993, leg. H. Kobayashi; paratype, 1 ♂, same collecting data (NSMT). Additional specimens: TAIWAN. 3 males and 1 female, Ilan County, Siyuanyakou, 1900 m, 16 -XII- 2012, leg. M. Owada & S. Wu (coll. NMNS); 8 males and 1 female, same collecting data, (coll. NSMT); 2 males and 3 females, same collecting locality and date, leg. S. Wu, M. Owada (coll. TFRI); 1 female, Ilan County, Taipingshan, 1800 m, 15 -XII- 2012, leg. M. Owada, S. Wu & W. C. Chang (coll. NSMT); 2 males, Hualien County, Chin-ma Tunnel, 2400 m, 22 -XII- 2008, leg. H. H. Lin (coll. ESRI); 2 males, 17 -XII- 2012, leg. M. Owada & S. Wu (coll. NMNS); 4 males and 1 female, same collecting data (coll. NSMT); 1 male, same locality and date, leg. S. Wu & M. Owada (coll. TFRI); 1 male, Hualien County, Guanyuan, 2400m, 17 -XII- 2012, leg. M. Owada & S. Wu (coll. NSMT). FIGURE 1–10. Dorsal views of ptilodontine moths. 1–6. Himeropterx miraculosa Staudinger, 1887; 1, 2. Russian Far East (coll. BMNH); 3–5. Japan (coll. NSMT); 6. Guangdong, China (coll. NSMT); 7, 8. H. yui Okano, 1969 stat. nov., Taiwan (coll. TFRI); 9–10. Ptilophora rufula Kobayashi, 1994, Taiwan (coll. TFRI); 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. Male; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Female. Bar scale= 10mm. Photos by Shipher Wu. Diagnosis. This species is related to the Japanese species P. nohirae (Matsumura, 1920). In external appearance, P. rufula can be distinguished from P. nohirae by its more reddish brown coloration and by showing a more distinct forewing discal spot. Male genitalia differences are mentioned in Kobayashi (1994). The female genitalia of P. rufula, when compared with European examples of P. plumigera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) illustrated in Shintlmeister (2008: fig. 1553), do not show a pair of prominent processes on ostium bursae, but instead exhitit a smoothly transverse posterior margin. Description of female (Figs 10; 21). Wingspan 39–40 mm (n= 3). Eye large; antenna dark brown, filiform. Head, thorax and abdomen covered with hair-like chestnut-brown scales. Forewing elongate, chestnut-brown, semi-transparent, apex and tornus rounded; discal spot pale, chestnut brown, elliptical; postmedial line faint, slightly serrate; scales of fringe long, chestnut-brown. Hindwing light grey fringed with chestnut-brown, triangular, apex and tornus rounded; discal spot small, chestnut brown. Female genitalia—Ovipositor lobes membranous with short hair-like setae; both pairs of apophyses long and thin; ostium bursae sclerotized, posterior margin transverse; ductus bursae as long as posterior apophyses, basal portion sclerotized and curved, remainder membranous; corpus bursae membranous, small and sac-like. Distribution and bionomics. This species occurs at mid-altitudes in the broad-leaf primary forest of North and Central Taiwan where Acer hostplans such as A. morrisonense Hayata, A. kawakamii Koidzumi, A. serrulatum Hayata (Aceraceae) are abundant. The adults are univoltine, flying in December.Published as part of Wu, Shipher, Owada, Mamoru & Fu, Chien-Ming, 2013, Rediscovery of two rare ptilodontines in Taiwan: Himeropteryx yui Okano, 1969 stat. nov. and Ptilophora rufula Kobayashi, 1994 (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae), pp. 193-197 in Zootaxa 3702 (2) on pages 194-197, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/21808
Asuridia rubripennis : Inoue 1988
No full textAsuridia rubripennis Inoue, 1988 (Figs 1–4, 11, 12, 15) Asuridia rubripennis: Inoue, 1988, Tyo to Ga 39(2): 102, fig. 8.; Chang, 1989: 53, fig.; Inoue & Kishida, 1992: 167; Wang, 1994: 130; Fu et al., 1995: 58; Wang, 1996: 229, fig. Asuridia carnipicta: sensu Matsumura, 1931: 969, fig. Material examined. Type material. Holotype, male, TAIWAN, “ Taoyuan Hsien ” (correctly Ilan County, not Taoyuan County), Chihtuan (= Mingchih), 23-IV-1983, leg. B. S. Chang (coll. BMNH). Additional material. TAIWAN. 1 female, with the same collecting data as the holotype, slide NMNS1282-1266; 1 male, [Ilan County], Chihtuan (= Mingchih), 14-V-1982, leg. B. S. Chang, slide NMNS1282-1067 (coll. NMNS); 1 male, Nantou County, Beidongyenshan, 2000 m, 22-VI-2009, leg. Y. M. Chen, slide TFRI117015 (coll. TFRI); 1 male, Kaohsiung County, Tengchih, 1600 m, 10-VIII-2004, leg. M. C. Lin (coll. ESRI). Diagnosis. A. rubripennis can easily be separated from A. inouei sp. nov. and A. kishidai sp. nov. by the more strongly curved forewing postmedial line. In the genitalia: by the presence of a sclerotized costal process; the absence of a subapical costal extension (digitus); and the ventral opening of the ostium bursae being U-shaped, rather than V-shaped as in A. kishidai. Description. Adult (Figs 1, 3, 4). Wingspan 23–25 mm in male (n= 4); 25 mm in female (n= 1). Head: Antenna ciliate, male with a pair of long bristles on each segment, bristles as long as the diameter of antennal shaft in median region. Head, thorax and distal part of abdomen light rosy-red, remaining part of abdomen pinkishochreous. Forewing ground apex pointed; outer margin smoothly excurved; ground color light rosy-red; costal margin dark grey; transversal lines prominent, dark grey, antemedial line double-peaked; medial line nearly straight, postmedial line protruded outwards near discal cell then curved inwards mostly to CuA 1, finally curved outwards to tornus; submarginal striae short; marginal scales dark ochreous. Hindwing light pinkish-ochreous; medial line less prominent, wide, pale grey; marginal scales dark ochreous. Male genitalia (Figs 11, 12). Uncus strongly sclerotized, curved downward, apex tapering; tegumen long and narrow; vinculum short; saccus U-shaped with apex slightly protruded; juxta small and plate-like; valva sclerotized, apicalcostal process long, sclerotized, cuneate-digitiform; distal portion of valvae round, membranous; sacculus long, stout, apex of saccular process shortly conical. Aedeagus stout, spinose patches arising from ventral side of manica; vesica expanded basaly and gradually tapering distally, dorsal surfaces scobinate, two short spinose patches arising from dorsal part of vesica; medial section with small scletotized plate. Female genitalia (Fig. 15). Ovipositor lobe membranous with short hair-like setae; gonapophyses elongated, length of anterior and posterior ones equal; ostium bursae sclerotized, stout, ventral part strongly incised, rather U-shaped; ductus bursae very short, heavily sclerotized; corpus bursae sac-like, posterior half covered with dense spinose scobination; ductus seminalis arising from medial part of corpus bursae. Notes. The examined material is all from Taiwan, and the species appears endemic there, its range encompassing low to mid-elevation primarily broad-leaved forests. The adults occur from April to June, and in August. The immature stages remain unknown. The female is described here for the first time. The holotype of rubripennis in the BMNH was re-examined in this study. In the original description of rubripennis, Inoue (1988) gave incorrect figure numbers that should be transposed (Figs 7, 8) for one male paratype and the holotype. The latter is illustrated herein (Figs 1, 2). We also dissected one male and one female specimen recently collected from the type locality of rubripennis (Chihtuan = Mingchih) that had similar wing pattern to the holotype. The newly dissected male genitalia are remarkably different from the male genitalia illustrated in Inoue’s (1988: 103, fig. 9) paper under the name “ A. rubripennis,” and in fact his illustrated paratype belongs to a new species, described next.Published as part of Wu, Shipher & Fu, Chien-Ming, 2013, The genus Asuridia Hampson, 1900 in Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), pp. 595-599 in Zootaxa 3737 (5) on pages 595-596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.5.7, http://zenodo.org/record/527054
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