Remmigabara secunda ( Remm, 1983 ) Remm, 1983

Kononenko, Vladimir S., Han, Hui-Lin, Yu, Alexej & V, Ато, 2010, A review of the Eastern Palaearctic genera Paragona Staudinger, 1892 and Paragabara Hampson, 1926 with description of two new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Aventiinae, Hypeninae), Zootaxa 2679, pp. 51-68 : 67

Remmigabara secunda ( Remm, 1983) , comb. n.

( Figs. 15 , 27 , 36 )

Paragabara secunda Remm, 1983 Entomologicheskoe obozrenie 62 (3): 596, fig. 7 (Type-locality: [ Russia], Primorye terr.: Tigrovoi [ZM Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia]).

Types. Holotype: male, Russia, Primorye terr. Tigrovyi [ZM Tartu University, Estonia]. Other material examined: Russia: 1 male South Primorye terr., Ussuriisky distr., upper reach of Suputinka river, 6.vii.1933, leg. A. Kurentsov [ ZISP]; 1 male, Khavbarovsk terr., Juish Autonomy region, Oblichje, 10–12.vii. 1996 (V. Kononenko); 1 male, 1 female, Primorye terr., Sikhote-Alin range, Chuguevsky distr., Zavetnoe, 21–14.vii. 2002 (V. Kononenko) [ IBSS]. China: 4 males, N China, Prov. Liaoning, Dandong 7–9 vii 2007 (J.W. Li); 1 male, 1 female, Beijing, Baihuashan 17–18.vii 2008 (Wang H.L.) [ NEFU].

Diagnosis. Externally, R. secunda ( Fig. 15 ) resembles the Japanese species Britha inambitiosa (Leech, 1900) ( Figs. 16 , 28 ). However, it differs in orange-yellow head, magenta-brown ground colour and wing pattern. Labial palps, frons and vertex covered with yellow-orange scales. Forewing with pointed apex. Outer margin of forewing from apex to mid part with gradual cut, from the mid part to tornal angle oblique. Forewing magenta-brown, darker in costal and subapical parts, wing pattern formed by oblique pale magentagreyish crosslines shadowed by darker magenta-brown; hindwing unicolorous, magenta-greyish, with traceable diffuse subterminal line. Male and female genitalia ( Figs. 27 , 36 ) as described for the genus.

Distribution and biology. (Fig. 46). Manchurian–continental, nemoral. Far East (S Khabarovsk and Primorye terr.), Korea, N China. ( Kononenko 1990, 2005; Kononenko et al. 1998; Kononenko & Han 2007). Mesophilous species, inhabits meadows in rich mixed forest with Pinus koraiensis at elevation 300–400 m and broad-leaved deciduous forest. The moth flies from VI to VII. The larva and its foodplants are unknown.

Notes. The species is reported from China for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 16. Paragabara sp., external appearance. 9. P. flavomacula, male, lectotype, Russia, Primorye terr. (BMNH); 10. Ditto, underside; 11. Lectotype labels. 12. P. flavomacula, male, China (ZFMK); 13. P. ochreipennis, male, China (ZFMK); 14. P. curvicornuta, female, Russia, Primorye terr. (IBSS); 15. Remmigabara secunda, Russia, Primorye terr.; 16. Britha inambitiosa, Japan (coll. K. Eda).

FIGURES 23 – 28. Paragabara, Remmigabara and Britha, male genitalia. 23. Paragabara flavomacula, Russia Primorye terr., glycerin prep. AM (ZISP); 24. P. ochreipennis, Russia Primorye terr., prep. 0085 Matov (ZISP); 25. P. curvicornuta, paratype, Russia Primorye terr., prep 0083 Matov (ZISP); 26.. P. curvicornuta, paratype, Russia Primorye terr., glycerin prep. 2335 VK (ZFMK), everted vesica: North China, prep. HHL (NEFU); 27. Remmigabara secunda, S Korea, prep. 275 - 1 HHL (CIS); 28. Britha inambitiosa, Japan prep. K. Eda.

FIGURES 29 – 36. Paragona, Paragabara and Remmigabara, female genitalia. 29. P. cognata, Russia, Primorye terr., glycerin prep. AM (ZISP); 30. P. multisignata, N China, prep. 798 HHL (CIS); 31. P. inchoata, South Korea, prep. 277 - 2 HHL (CIS); 32. P. n e m o r a t a, paratype, South Korea, prep. 1050 - 1 HHL (KNA); 33. Paragabara flavomacula, Russia, Primorye terr., glycerin prep. AM (ZISP); 34. P. ochreipennis, Japan, prep. 0080 Matov (ZISP); 35. P. curvicornuta, Russia, Primorye terr., prep. 0086 Matov. (ZISP); 36. Remmigabara secunda, S Korea, prep. 275 - 2 HHL (CIS);