Micardia munda Leech, 1900

Chen, Fuqiang & Xue, Dayong, 2012, A review of Micardia Butler, 1878 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eustrotiinae, Zootaxa 3417, pp. 45-52 : 51

Micardia munda Leech, 1900

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Micardia munda Leech, 1900 , Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1900: 148; Warren, 1912, in Seitz, Macrolepid. World, 3: 280; Chen, 1999, Fauna Sinica, 16: 912. Type locality: China, Sichuan (Pu-tsu-fong). [BNMH].

Eustrotia munda: Hampson, 1910 , Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus., 10: 577, pl. 165, fig.28.

Diagnosis. The species is distinguishable from other species of the genus by the forewing dark red oblique triangular patch from base to apex on the forewing. In the female genitalia, the ductus bursae appears as long as the corpus bursae, while the ductus bursae is much shorter than corpus bursae in M. pallens sp. nov.

Material Examined. CHINA, Sichuan: Pu-tsu-Fang, 2990m, VI–VII.1890, from Leech’s collection, 13 (Holotype) ( BMNH, photograph examined). Sichuan: Luding, Xinxing, 1900m, 13.VI.1983, coll. Wang Shuyong, 1Ƥ (Slide No.: Noct-00276) ( IZCAS). Chongqing: Wushan, Liziping, 1850m, 5.VII.1993, coll. Yao Jian, 1Ƥ (abdomen and left hindwing absent) ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Sichuan, Chongqing), Myanmar.

Remarks. There are also specimens of this species from Myanmar in BMNH (M. R. Honey, pers. comm.).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Adults. 1 – 3. Micardia pulcherrima. 1, male, holotype (BMNH); 2, male (Gyirong, Tibet); 3, male (Cona, Tibet). 4 – 5. M. pallens sp. nov. 4, male, holotype; 5, female, paratype. 6, M. distincta sp. nov., male, holotype. 7, M. minuta sp. nov., male, holotype. 8, M. munda, male, holotype (BMNH). 9, M. argentata, male, holotype (BMNH). Scales: 1 cm.

FIGURES 10 – 18. Genitalia and sternite. 10 – 14. male genitalia. 10, Micardia pulcherrima (Noct- 00275); 11, M. pulcherrima (Noct- 00273); 12, M. pallens sp. nov. (Noct- 00271); 13, M. distincta sp. nov. (Noct- 00272); 14, M. minuta sp. nov. (Noct- 00274). 15 – 16. female genitalia. 15, M. pallens sp. nov. (Noct- 00277); 16, M. munda (Noct- 00276). 17 – 18. eighth abdominal sternite of female. 17, M. pallens sp. nov. (Noct- 00277); 18, M. munda (Noct- 00276). Scales: 1 mm.