Geometra valida Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875

Han, H-X., Galsworthy, A. C. & Xue, D-Y., 2009, A survey of the genus Geometra Linnaeus (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae), Journal of Natural History 43 (13 - 14), pp. 885-922 : 900-902

Geometra valida Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875 ( Figure 4D )

Geometra valida Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875 , Reise öst Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2(Abt. 2): pl. 127, fig. 37. Syntype (s) „, Japan. (BMNH)

Geometra dioptasaria Christoph, 1881 , Bull Soc imp Nat Moscou 55(3):41. Syntypes „, ♀, [ Russia]: Vladivostok.

Hipparchus valida: Prout, 1912 , in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 129:72.

Description

Antennae of male bipectinate, with tip lacking rami, the longest rami about 1.5 times diameter of flagellum. Frons white basally, green above. Labial palpus brown, white at tip. Vertex green. Thorax with dorsal side green. Abdomen whitish green. Hind tibia in male dilated, with hair-pencil and terminal extension, equal to about one-half of first tarsal segment in length.

Wing pattern. Length of forewing „ 27–29 mm; ♀ 29–32 mm. Pattern and shape very similar to preceding species, but wings paler and yellower green, and lacking strong white lines on veins. Fringes white and more or less brown on vein ends. Underside similar to upperside, but much paler.

Male genitalia ( Figures 2D , 3D ). Similar to albovenaria , but uncus more slender; valva narrower at apex, and costa with base more expanded; aedeagus with tapered part longer and narrower.

Segment 8 ( Figure 5D ) very similar to albovenaria , but sclerotized process at middle of sternite incurved at margin and with two tiny sharp processes.

Female genitalia ( Figure 4D ). Similar to albovenaria , with corpus bursae posterior one-third broader. Signum bicornute.

Biology

Larvae with pointed forked processes on A1–A5 and A8, hibernating in young stage and mature in spring ( Sugi 1987).

Hosts. Fagaceae : Castanea crenata ; Quercus acutissima ; Quercus dentata ; Quercus glauca ; Quercus serrata ; Quercus (from Scoble 1999).

Materials examined

IZCAS: 1 „, Heilongjiang: Dailing , 390 m, 6 July 1962, coll. Bai Jiuwei ; 1 „, Jilin: Hunjiang , 23 July 1983; 1 „ , Jilin: Changbaishan , 9 July 1982, coll. Zhang Baolin ; 1 „, Liaoning: Beipiao, 1984; 1 „, Inner Mongolia: Chifengaqi , 14 July 1987, coll. Liu Chunxiang ; 1♀, Inner Mongolia: Xinganmeng Zhaqi , 17 July 1983, coll. Liu Qiang ; 3 „, Beijing: Mentougou Xiaolongmen , 23 July 2001, coll. Xue Dayong; 2 „ , Shaanxi: Huangbaiyuan , 1350 m, 12 July 1980 ; 3 „, Shaanxi: Ningshan Huoditang , 1580 m, 26–27 July 1998, coll. Yao Jian; 1 „ , Shaanxi: Ningshan Huoditang , 1580 m, 18 August 1998, coll. Yuan Decheng ; 1 „ 1♀, Shaanxi: Ningshan Huoditang , 1580– 1650 m, 25–26 June 1999, coll. Yuan Decheng ; 1♀, Shaanxi: Ningshan Huoditang , 1580 m, 6 July 1999, coll. Yuan Decheng ; 8 „, Shaanxi: Zhouzhi Houzhenzi , 1350 m, 24 June 1999, coll. Yao Jian and Zhu Chaodong; 3 „ , Shaanxi: Zhouzhi Houzhenzi , 3120 m, 21 June 1999, coll. Yao Jian ; 1 „ 3♀, Shaanxi: Fuping , 950 m, 23 July 1998, coll. Yao Jian ; 1♀, Shaanxi: Fuping , 870–1000 m, 25 July 1998, coll. Yao Jian and Zhang Xuezhong ; 1 „, Shaanxi: Fuping Pianyanzi , 1750 m, 28 June 1999, coll. Yao Jian; 1 „ , Shaanxi: Fuping Liangfengya , 1250 m, 28 June 1999, coll. Yao Jian ; 1 „ 1♀, Shaanxi: Liuba Miaotaizi , 1350 m, 21–22 July 1998, coll. Yao Jian; 3 „ , Shaanxi: Liuba Miaotaizi , 1470 m, 1 July 1999, coll. Zhu Chaodong and He Tongli ; 1 „, Shaanxi: Liubaxiancheng , 1020 m, 18 July 1998, coll. Yao Jian; 1 „ , Gansu: Kangxian Yangbalinchang , 1000 m, 11 July 1999, coll. He Tongli ; 2♀, Gansu: Kangxian Qinghelinchang , 1400 m, 14 July 1998, coll. Zhang Xuezhong ; 2 „, Gansu: Kangxian Qinghelinchang , 1400 m, 7–8 July 1999, coll. Yao Jian ; 1♀, Gansu: Dangchang , 1800 m, 7 July 1998, coll. Yao Jian ; 1 „, Gansu: Wenxian Qiujiaba , 2350 m, 28–29 June 1998, coll. Yuan Decheng; 1 „ , Gansu: Wenxian Liujiaping , 800 m, 27 June 1998, coll. Yuan Decheng ; 1 „, Gansu: Wenxian Liujiaping , 1300 m, 27 June 1998, coll. Yao Jian; 1 „ , Gansu: Zhouqu Shatanlinchang , 2350 m, 5 July 1998, coll. Yao Jian ; 1♀, ZOSE, Chine prov. Kiangsu , Shanghai, 21 June 1933, A. Savio coll. ; 1♀, Zhejiang: Hangzhou , 28 May 1976 ; 1 „, Hubei: Shennongjia , 1680 m, 15 July 1980; 1 „ , Hubei: Shennongjia Yazikou , 1760 m, 25 July 1998, coll. Zhou Hongzhang ; 1 „, Hubei: Shennongjia Jiuhuping , 1920 m, 26 July 1998, coll. Yu Xiaodong; 1 „ , Hunan: Tongdao , 20 June 1981, coll. Zhang Lijun ; 1♀, Fujian: Shuntidun , 20 June 1981 ; 1 „, Guangxi: Guilin , 13 June 1981, coll. Zhong Tiesen; 2 „ , Sichuan: Dukou Pingdi , 17 June 1981, coll. Zhang Baolin.

BMNH: 1 „, syntype, Japan, Rothschild Bequest B.M.1939-1 (red type label; Novara CXXVII f. 37, Geometra valida , „ Japonia ); 1♀, Chasseurs indigènes de Tatsien-lou, Recolte de 1910, Ex. Oberthür Coll. B.M. 1927-3; 2 „, Siao-lou, Chasseurs Indigènes du P. Déjean, 1903, Ex. Oberthür Coll. B.M. 1927-3; 1 „, ibidem, 1901; 1 „ , Chine [ China], Yunnan, Tsetchong près Weisi, R.P. Ouvrard, Ex. Oberthür Coll. B.M. 1927-3; 3 „, Thibet, Tsekou, R.P. Dubernard, Ex. Oberthür Coll. B.M. 1927-3; 1 „, Tsekou, P. Dubernard, 1898, Ex. Oberthür Coll. B.M. 1927-3; 1 „, Chasseurs Indigènes des Missionnaires de Ta-tsien-lou, 1906, Ex. Oberthür Coll. B.M. 1927-3; 1♀, Oyama, prov. Sagami, Honshu, 10 July 1898, A.E. Wileman; 2 „, Yoshino, prov. Yamato, Honshu, 15–16 June 1899, A.E. Wileman; 1 „, Asamayama, August 1898, Rothschild Bequest, B.M.1939-1; 1 „, Gensan, July 1887, Leech, Leech Coll. 1900- 64; 1♀, Wladiwostock, (Wilh. Mau.), Rothschild Bequest, B.M.1939-1 .

ZFMK: 1 „, Tien-Tsuen, 1901, Chasseurs Indigènes du P. Déjean; 1 „, Lungtan bei Nanking, Prov. Kiangsu, China, 13 June 1933, H. Höne; 1 „, Mokanshan bei Hangchow (China), Aufg. June 1919 (H. Hoene); 1 „, West-Tien-Mu-Shan (1600 m) Pz. Chekiang, 30 June 1932, H. Höne; 1 „, Chine Yunnan, Tsetchong près Weisi, R.P. Ouvrard; 1♀, Tibet Tschang-Tang, Dsagar-Berge, 4500 m, Juli; 1♀, Siao-Lou, Chasseurs indigènes du P. Déjean, 1901; 4 „, CINA SHAANXI, 33 ° 519180 N, 107 ° 509390 E, Qin Ling Shan, S.S. no.108, Hanzhong-Zhouzhi Hou Zhenzi, 1300 m ,, 40 km, a NO di Banfangzi 5–8 July 1999, Manlio Giovanoli, Museum A. Koenig, Eing.Nr. 8/01, Ex Coll.; 1 „, Tapaishan im Tsinling , Sued-Shensi, ca. 1700 m, 14 June 1936, H. Höne; 1 „, Mien-shan (Prov. Shansi), Obere Höhe, ca. 2000 m, 27 June 1937, H. Höne; 1 „, Corea sept. Poktussan, 2500 m, July; 1♀, Shiotsufluss, Kjöngsöng, Korea sept. or. 1500 m, July; 1 „, Tapaishan im Tsinling, Sued-Shensi, ca. 1700 m, 16 June 1936, H. Höne; 1 „, Sutschanski-Rudnik , Wladiwostock occ. Ussuri , August , 771; 1♀, Japan , June 1967, Ocutama Valley, zwischen Ome und Okutama-Kù, leg. Nikodemus.

AG Coll.: 3 „ 1♀, Dong Ling Shan , Beijing, China, 1300 m, 23 June 2001 .

Distribution

China, Japan, Korea, Russia (Far East).

Figures

Figure 2. Male genitalia of Geometra. (A) G. papilionaria; (B) G. symaria; (C) G. albovenaria; (D) G. valida; (E) G. euryagyia; (F) G. dieckmanni; (G) G. sponsaria; (H) G. ussuriensis; (I) G.

Figure 3. Aedeagus of Geometra. (A) G. papilionaria; (B) G. symaria; (C) G. albovenaria; (D) G. valida; (E) G. euryagyia; (F) G. dieckmanni; (G) G. sponsaria; (H) G. ussuriensis; (I) G. neovalida sp. nov.; (J) G. flavifrontaria; (K) G. purissima; (L) G. smaragdus; (M) G. fragilis; (N) G. sinoisaria; (O) G. burmensis sp. nov.; (P) G. glaucaria; (Q) G. rana; (R) G. sigaria. Scale bar 1 mm.

Figure 4. Female genitalia of Geometra. (A) G. papilionaria; (B) G. symaria; (C) G. albovenaria; (D) G. valida; (E) G. euryagyia; (F) G. dieckmanni; (G) G. sponsaria; (H) G. ussuriensis; (I) G. neovalida sp. nov.; (J) G. flavifrontaria; (K) G. purissima; (L) G. smaragdus; (M) G. fragilis; (N) G. sinoisaria; (O) G. glaucaria; (P) G. rana. Scale bar 1mm.

Figure 5. Segment 8 of Geometra. (A) G. papilionaria; (B) G. symaria; (C) G. albovenaria; (D) G. valida; (E) G. euryagyia; (F) G. dieckmanni; (G) G. sponsaria; (H) G. ussuriensis; (I) G. neovalida sp. nov.; (J) G. flavifrontaria; (K) G. purissima; (L) G. smaragdus; (M) G. fragilis; (N) G. sinoisaria; (O) G. burmensis sp. nov.; (P) G. glaucaria; (Q) G. rana; (R) G. sigaria.