Mustilia castanea Moore, 1879

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 : 100

67. Mustilia castanea Moore, 1879 ( FIGURES 38 F–38H)

Mustilia castanea Moore, 1879 , in Hewitson & Moore, Lep. Atkinson: 82. TL: [Darjeeling, India] “Darjiling”. Holotype: male (ZMHU) [examined].

Diagnosis. Very similar to M. undulosa , but can be distinguished by the following characters: forewings darker; hindwing with a spot near tornus.

Specimens examined. [SICHUAN] 1 male and 1 female, road from Songpan to Jiuzhaigou, 2600 m, 33˚12’ N, 103˚44’ E, 13.VII.2010, Floriani & Saldaitis leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] Deqin County (Mt. Meilixueshan): 1 male, 15.VIII.2002, Ming-Yi Tian leg. (SCAU).

Bionomics. The larval host is unknown.

Distribution. Mainland China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Bhutan, Nepal, India.

Remarks. The species usually co-occurs with M. falcipennis but commonly flies at higher altitudes. This species is here recorded from China for the first time.

Figures

FIGURE 38. Adults of Mustilia spp. A. M. falcipennis, male (Nepal); B. M. falcipennis, female (Nepal); C. M. falcipennis, male (Guangdong); D. M. glabrata, male (Sichuan); E. M. glabrata, female (Thailand); F. M. castanea, male (India), holotype; G. M. castanea, male (Nepal); H. M. castanea, female (Nepal)