Mustilia attacina Zolotuhin, 2007

Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, Zootaxa 3989 (1), pp. 1-138 : 101

69. Mustilia attacina Zolotuhin, 2007 ( FIGURES 39 G–39H, 40E)

Mustilia attacina Zolotuhin, 2007 , Neue ent. Nachr. 60: 190. TL: “ China, Sichuan, Gongga Shan, 2600–3200 m ”. Holotype: male (MWM) [examined].

Diagnosis. Can be distinguished from the other species by the following characters: ground color of wings yellow with venation darker and very clear; uncus bifid with acute lobes.

Specimens examined. [HUBEI] Shenlongjia Forest District (Shenlongjia National NR): 1 male, 8– 11.VII.2009, Min Wang & Yang Long leg. (SCAU); [SICHUAN] Luding County: 1 male (holotype), Gonggashan Mountain, 29˚41’ N, 101˚58’ E, 2600–3200 m, 23.IV–15.V.2001, V. Sinjaev & E. Plutenko leg. (MWM); 1 male (paratype), the same data (MWM); 1 male, Mts. Erlangshan, road Ya’an to Kangding, 2100 m, 29˚52’ N, 102˚18’ E, 10–11.IV.2010, Saldaitis leg. (MWM); Baoxing County: 1 male (paratype), Mt. Qiongshan, 3000 m, 20 km W Qiaoqi town, 8–10.VII.2003, S. Murzin leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] A-tun-tse: 2 males (paratypes), Obere Höhe, 4500 m, 9.VII.1936 & 17.VI.1937, H. Höne leg. (MWM); 1 male (paratype), Talsohle, 3000 m, 4.VII.1937, H. Höne leg. (ZFMK).

Bionomics. The larval host is unknown.

Distribution. Mainland China (Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).

Remarks. This species is endemic to China.

Figures

FIGURE 39. Adults of Mustilia spp. A. M. undulosa, male (Hubei); B. M. undulosa, male (Yunnan); C. M. undulosa, male (Guangxi); D. M. undulosa, male (Shaanxi); E. M. undulosa, male (Sichuan); F. M. undulosa, female (Sichuan); G. M. attacina, male (Hubei); H. M. attacina, male (Sichuan), holotype.