Disparia maculata ( Moore, 1879 )

Wu, Shipher, 2015, Elucidating taxonomic problems of the genus Disparia Nagano, 1916 of Taiwan and its neighboring areas, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae), Zootaxa 3918 (2), pp. 209-223 : 221

Disparia maculata ( Moore, 1879)

( Figs 37–40 , 45 , 57 , 66, 73)

Heterocampa maculata Moore, 1879 , in Hewitson & Moore, Descr. Lepid. Insects Colln. late Mr. Atkinson (1): 60.

Polystictina maculata: Kiriakoff, 1968: 178 ; Kishida, 1987, 142: 261, fig. 3; Sugi, 1992b: 100, pl. 28: 10; Sugi, 1992a: 162; Wang, 1995: 168, figs; Kobayashi & Chen, 2010: 180, pl. 44: 15.

Pseudofentonia (Polystictina) maculata: Schintlmeister, 1992: 128 , figs 401, 402; Wu & Fang, 2003: 523 –525, fig. 319, pl. 6: 26.

Neodrymonia (Polystictina) maculata: Schintlmeister, 1997: 119 ; Schintlmeister, 2003: 21

Disparia (Polystictina) maculata: Schintlmeister & Pinratana, 2007: 181 , pl. 28: 204; Schintlmeister, 2008: 256, fig. 1201, pl. 26: 437.

Material examined. Type material: Holotype: ♂, Moore Coll. 96–106 (coll. BMNH) ( Figs 37, 38 ). Additional material examined: TAIWAN. 1♂, Nantou County, Anmashan, 2275 m, 30-VI-1997, leg. C. M. Fu (coll. CCMF); 1♂, Nantou County, Meifeng, 2100 m, 18-VII-1990, leg. Y. B. Fan; 4♂ 1♀, same collecting locality, 20-VII-2012, leg. S. Wu & W. C. Chang; 1♀, Yilan County, Fushan Botanical Garden, 750 m, 22-IX-1993, leg. Y. B. Fan, slide TFRI 59617; 1♂, same collecting locality, 27-IX-1995, leg. Y. B. Fan, slide TFRI 51075; 1♂, same collecting locality, 7-X-2012, leg. S. Wu (coll. TFRI).

Diagnosis. This species can be easily distinguished from congeneric species by the presence of median wide ochreous fasciae on the forewing. Its male genitalia is similar to that of D. nigrofasciata but without a lateral phallus process.

Distribution and bionomics. This species is distributed in Nepal, NE India, Myanmar, Thailand, Loas, Vietnam, S. China and Taiwan ( Schintlmeister, 2008). In Taiwan, it appears in low to mid-elevation (750–2275 m) primary forests. The species is bivoltine and its adults occur in June, July, September and October.

Figures

FIGURE 33 – 40. Disparia species. 33. Pseudofentonia (Dymantis) tiga Schintlmeister, 1997, male, paratype, N. Vietnam; 34. Pseudofentonia (Disparia) dua Schintlmeister, 1997, male, paratype; 35. D. kobayashii sp. nov., holotype, Taiwan; 36. D. kobayashii sp. nov., female, paratype, Taiwan; 37. Heterocampa maculata Moore, 1879, male, holotype, NE India; 38. ditto, labels; 39. D. maculata (Moore, 1879), Taiwan; 40. ditto, female, Taiwan. Bar scale = 10 mm. Courtesy of specimens: BMNH (33, 34, 37, 38), TFRI (35, 39, 40), NMNS (36). Photo by Shipher Wu (33 – 36, 39, 40), Chia-Hsuan Wei (37, 38).

FIGURE 41 – 46. Male antenna of Disparia species from Taiwan. 41. Fentonia nigrofasciata Wileman, 1910, holotype; 42. D. nigrofasciata (Wileman, 1910); 43. D. wilemani Matsumura, 1925 stat. rev.; 44. D. diuta variegata (Wileman, 1910); 45. D. maculata (Moore, 1879); 46. D. kobayashii sp. nov., paratype. Bar scale = 10 mm. Courtesy of specimens: BMNH (41); TFRI (42 – 46). Photo by Shipher Wu.

FIGURE 47 – 58. Male genitalia of Disparia species. 47. D. diluta diluta (Hampson, 1910), NE India; 48. ditto, Myanmar; 49. D. diluta sumatrana Schintlmeister, 2007, Sumatra; 50. D. diuta variegata (Wileman, 1910), Taiwan; 51. ditto, S. Japan; 52. ditto, S. China; 53. D. wilemani Matsumura, 1925 stat. rev.; 54. ditto, melanic form, Taiwan; 55. D. kobayashii sp. nov., holotype, Taiwan; 56. ditto, paratype, Taiwan; 57. D. maculata (Moore, 1879), Taiwan; 58. D. nigrofasciata (Wileman, 1910), Taiwan. Courtesy of specimens: NSMT (47 – 49, 51 – 52); TFRI (50, 53 – 58). Photo by Shipher Wu.