Oreta fuscopurpurea Inoue, 1956

Song, Wenhui, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2012, Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae), Zootaxa 3445, pp. 1-36 : 25-27

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Figs. 47, 93, 125, 178

Oreta extensa ab. fusco-purpurea Matsumura, 1927, J. Coll. Agr. Hokkaido Univ,. 19: 45. Oreta extensa fuscopurpurea Inoue, 1956 , Check List. Lep. Jap., 4: 370. Holotype 3, China: Formosa [ Taiwan], Honsha ( EIHU).

Oreta purpurea Inoue, 1961 , Trans. lep. Soc. Jap., 12 (1): 10, figs 3, 5. Holotype 3, Japan: Mt. Yokokura. Oreta fuscopurpurea: Watson, 1967 , Bull. Br. Mus. nat . Hist. (Ent), 19: 201, pl. 8: 116–118, pl. 9: 120.

Material examined. CHINA, Zhejiang ( IZCAS): Taishun, Wuyanling, Shuangkengkou, 680 m, 28.VII. 2007, coll. Lang Songyun, 13; Hangzhou, 15–19.X. 1980, 33. Hubei ( IZCAS): Xingshan, Longmenhe, 1280 m, 20.VI. 1993, coll. Yao Jian, 13; Xianfeng, 800 m, 4.VI. 1989, coll. Li Wei, 13; Lichuan, Xingdoushan, 800 m, 23.VII. 1989, coll. Li Wei, 13. Jiangxi ( IZCAS): Doushui, 29.VI. 1975, coll. Song Shimei, 13. Hunan ( IZCAS): Suoxiyu, Sansuo, 410 m, 11–19.X. 1988, coll. Fang Chenglai, 53; Yanling, Taoyuandong, 631 m, 4–8.VII. 2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 13; Yongshun, Shanmuhe Linchang, 600 m, 3.VIII. 1988, coll. Chen Yixin, 13; Zhangjiajie, Tianjiatai, 14.X. 1988, 13; Cili, 3.IX. 1988, coll. Song Shimei, 131 Ƥ. Fujian ( IZCAS): Mt. Wuyi, 24.IV., 12.X. 1982, 21.IV. 1983, 14– 16.V. 1983, coll. Zhang Baolin and Wang Linyao, 63; Mt. Wuyi, Sangang, 700–704 m, 25–26.VII. 2006, 11– 14.VII. 2009, coll. Xue Dayong and Xie Juan, 23; Mt. Wuyi, Huangxizhou, 500 m, 29.VII. 2006, coll. Yang Chao, 13. Guangdong ( IZCAS): Ruyuan, Nanling, 1020 m, 2008. VII. 16–20, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 13; Shixing, Chebaling, 365–401 m, 2008. VII. 22–26, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 1 Ƥ. Hainan ( IZCAS): Ledong, Jianfengling, 934 m, 14–17.XII. 2007, coll. Li Jing, 33; Ledong, Jianfengling, Tianchi, 828–982 m, 1–5.V. 2007, 23– 26.XI. 2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang and Li Jing, 43; Changjiang, Bawangling, Dongyizhan, 658 m, 28.XI. 2008, coll. Li Jing, 13; Lingshui, Diaoluoshan, 920 m, 2.V. 2007, coll. Han Hongxiang, 13. Guangxi ( IZCAS): Miaoershan, Jiuniuchang, 1100–1150 m, 7–13.VII. 1985, coll. Fang Chenlai, 2 Ƥ. Sichuan ( IZCAS): Mt. Emei, Qingyinge, 800–1000 m, 15–18.VII. 1957, coll. Huang Keren, 23; Mt. Emei, 16.VI. 1974, 28.IX. 1981, coll. Wang Ziqing, 131 Ƥ; Qingchengshan, 1000–1600 m, 30.V., 18.V.– 4.VI 1979, coll. Gao Ping and Shang Jinwen, 113. Chongqing ( IZCAS): Wanxian, Wang’erbao, 1200 m, 9.VII. 1993, coll. Huang Runzhi, 13; Pengshui, Taiyuan, 750 m, 9.VII. 1989, coll. Yang Longlong, 13 ( IZCAS).

Diagnosis. For external comparisons see under O. extensa and O. eminens . In addition, the white dots near the discocellulars are more distinct in O. fuscopurpurea . The male genitalia are distinctive in the elongate valva bearing a very well developed sacculus, which has two pointed processes, one longer and the other shorter. The female genitalia have more slender ductus bursae than all other species except O. vatama , O. andrema and O. obtusa .

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing), Japan.

References

Inoue, H. (1956) Check List of the Lepidoptera of Japan. Rikusuisha, Tokyo, Japan, part 4, 365 - 429.

Inoue, H. (1961) Notes on two species of the Drepanidae from Japan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 12 (1), 9 - 13, figs 1 - 6.

Matsumura, S. (1927) New species and subspecies of moths from the Japanese Empire. Journal of the College of Agriculture Hokkaido Imperial University, 19, 1 - 91, pls. 1 - 5.

Watson, A. (1967) A survey of the Extra-Ethiopian Oretinae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 19 (3), 150 - 221.