Atrovirensis sinica Kononenko, 2001

Han, H. L., Pan, Z. H. & Kononenko, V. S., 2016, A review of the genus Atrovirensis Kononenko, 2001 with description of four new species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Xyleninae, Apameini), Zootaxa 4088 (2), pp. 201-220 : 213

Atrovirensis sinica Kononenko, 2001

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Atrovirensis sinica Kononenko, 2001 , Japan Heterocerists’ Journal 216: 302, figs 4, 11, 13, 15. Type-locality: China, Prov. Guangdong [Prov. Kuantung, Linping]. Holotype: ZFMK, Bonn.

References. Draudt, 1950: 90 ( Trachea atrovirens Moore , misident.); Chen, 1982: 257, fig. 1848 ( Trachea prasinatra Draudt , misident.); Gyulai et al. 2013: 125, Pl. 39: 18 ( Atrovirensis sinica , part.).

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 7 ). Wingspan 37–38 mm. Externally A. sinica is close to A. owadai and A. taiwani , but differs from its congeners by more developed green elements of wing pattern and presence of reddish-brown suffusion along subterminal line. Male genitalia ( Fig. 7 ). In male genitalia it differs from related A. owadai by narrower valva, more rounded cucullus, thinner and longer harpe, shorter main diverticulum with more massive stick-like double-lobed cornutus and thinner dorsal cornutus armed with single three small joined cornuti and four joined cornuti in the base. The female of A. sinica described by Kononenko (2001) from North Vietnam by opinion Gyulai et al. (2013) belongs to A. owadai , however the sex matching of this species should be revised, because A. sinica and A. owadai occur sympatrically in the Guangdong Province of China.

Distribution. China (Prov. Guangdong).

Note. The species was probably misidentified by Draudt (1950) as " Trachea atrovirens " and also misidentified and illustrated by Chen (1982) as " Trachea prasinatra ".

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 15. Atrovirensis spp., adults. 1. A. atrovirens, Nepal (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 2. A. annamita, HT, Vietnam (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 3. A. parannamita sp. n., male HT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2930 - 1; 4. A. parannamita sp. n., female PT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2906 - 2; 5. A. pedibus, HT, China, Prov. Hubei (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 6. A. sp. cf. A. parannamita, male, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2907 - 1; 7. A. sinica, HT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. ZFMK 1624; 8. A. owadai, Prov. Guangdong, HT, China (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 9. A. taiwani, HT, Taiwan (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 10. A. furcatus sp. n., male HT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2921 - 1; 11. A. furcatus sp. n., female PT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2919 - 2; 12. A. sp. cf. furcatus, male, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2918 - 1; 13. A. sp. cf. furcatus, female, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2909 - 2; 14. A. sacculatus sp. n., male HT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2910 - 1; 15. A. sacculatus sp. n., male PT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2908 - 1.

FIGURES 27 – 29. Atrovirensis spp., male genitalia. 27. A. sinica, HT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. ZFMK 1624 (ZFMK); 28. A. owadai HT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. NSMT-SW 016 (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 29. A. taiwani, HT, Taiwan, genit. prep. NMMS ENT 6711 - 7 (after Gyulai et al. 2013).