Limacocera pachycera (Hampson, 1897)

Wu, Jun, Solovyev, Alexey V. & Han, Hui-Lin, 2022, Four new species and two newly recorded species of Limacodidae (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea) from China, ZooKeys 1123, pp. 205-219 : 205

Limacocera pachycera (Hampson, 1897)

Figs 13 , 27

Narosa pachycera Hampson, 1897: 294. Type locality: India, “Khásis” [Meghalaya, Khasi Hills].

Limacocera pachycera (Hampson): Hering 1931: 674.

Material examined.

1♂, China, Xizang Autonomous Region, Linzhi (= Nyingchi) City , Motuo (= Medog) County , Beibeng Countryside , Dergong village , 25.V-4.VI.2021, HL. Han leg., genit. prep. WuJ-555-1 (NEFU) .

Diagnosis.

The differences between L. pachycera (Fig. 13 ) and its congener L. hel (Fig. 14 ) are that the former is larger than the latter; the dent of the postmedial line incurved above the cell, whereas the same dent in L. hel is deeper and incurved below the cell.

The male genitalia of L. pachycera (Fig. 27 ) bear a long, robust, strongly sclerotized uncus; the gnathos is straight and pointed apically; the valva is narrow. However, in L. hel (Fig. 28 ), the uncus is small and divided into two asymmetrical parts; the gnathos is slender, sinuous, and longer than L. pachycera ; the valva is broad.

Bionomics.

The single male specimen was collected in late May to early June at an altitude of 1,450 m a.s.l. in a subtropical forest (Fig. 30 ).

Distribution.

China (Xizang), India.

Checklist of the treated genera with distribution data

Kitanola Matsumura, 1925

K. uncula (Staudinger, 1887) (China: Heilongjiang; Japan; Korean peninsula; Russia: south-eastern Siberia, Sakhalin)

= K. sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925

= Microcampa suzukii Matsumura, 1931

= Microcampa corana Matsumura, 1931

K. masayukii Sasaki, 1998 (Japan)

K. meridiana Sasaki, 1998 (Japan)

K. albigrisea Wu & Fang, 2008 (China: Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Sichuan)

K. brachygnatha Wu & Fang, 2008 (China: Yunnan)

K. caii Wu & Fang, 2008 (China: Anhui, Henan, Gansu; Japan)

K. eurygnatha Wu & Fang, 2008 (China: Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong)

K. linea Wu & Fang, 2008 (China: Hubei, Sichuan, Guangxi)

K. spina Wu & Fang, 2008 (China: Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Guizhou)

K. spinula Wu & Fang, 2008 (China: Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan)

K. shilinensis sp. nov. (China: Yunnan)

K. eleganta sp. nov. (China: Xizang)

Euphlyctinides Hering, 1931

E. albifusum (Hampson, 1892) (China: Xizang; India; Bhutan; Nepal)

= E. rava Hering, 1931

E. indi Solovyev, 2009 (China: Xizang; India)

E. aeneola Solovyev, 2009 (China: Yunnan; Thailand)

E. laika Solovyev & Witt, 2009 (Vietnam)

E. pseudolaika sp. nov. (China: Yunnan)

Fignya Solovyev & Witt, 2009

F. melkaya Solovyev & Witt, 2009 (China: Sichuan; Vietnam)

F. ravalba sp. nov. (China: Xizang)

Limacocera Hering, 1931

L. pachycera (Hampson, 1897) (China: Xizang; India)

L. hel Hering, 1931 (China: Guangdong, Chongqing, Hunan; Vietnam)

Figures

Figures 7 - 14. Male adults 7 Euphlyctinides pseudolaika sp. nov., holotype, Yunnan, China (NEFU) 8 E. pseudolaika sp. nov., paratype, Yunnan, China (NEFU) 9 E. laika Solovyev & Witt, 2009, Nghe An, Vietnam 10 E. indi Solovyev, 2009, Xizang, China (NEFU) 11 Fignya ravalba sp. nov., holotype, Xizang, China (NEFU) 12 F. melkaya Solovyev & Witt, 2009, holotype, Lao Cai, Vietnam (MWM / ZSM) 13 Limacocera pachycera (Hampson, 1897), Xizang, China (NEFU) 14 L. hel Hering, 1931, Chongqing, China (NEFU). Scale bars: 5 mm.

Figures 21 - 28. Male genitalia 21 Euphlyctinides pseudolaika sp. nov., holotype, Yunnan, China, genit. prep. WuJ- 177 - 1 (NEFU) 22 E. pseudolaika sp. nov., paratype, Yunnan, China, genit. prep. WuJ- 702 - 1 (NEFU) 23 E. laika Solovyev & Witt, 2009, paratype, Nghe An, Vietnam, genit. prep. 0061 (CASU) 24 E. indi Solovyev, 2009, Xizang, China, genit. prep. WuJ- 552 - 1 (NEFU) 25 Fignya ravalba sp. nov., holotype, Xizang, China, genit. prep. WuJ- 572 - 1 (NEFU) 26 F. melkaya Solovyev & Witt, 2009, holotype, Lao Cai, Vietnam, genit. prep. 14047 (MWM / ZSM) 27 Limacocera pachycera (Hampson, 1897), Xizang, China, genit. prep. WuJ- 555 - 1 (NEFU) 28 L. hel Hering, 1931, Chongqing, China, genit. prep. WuJ- 287 - 1 (NEFU).

Figures 30 - 33. Biotopes of Limacodidae 30, 31 China, Xizang, Motuo County: 30 Beibeng Countryside, Dergong Village, biotope of Fignya ravalba sp. nov., Euphlyctinidis indi Solovyev, 2009 and Limacocera pachycera (Hampson, 1897), photo by HL. Han 31 Gedang Countryside, biotope of Kitanola eleganta sp. nov. and E. indi, photographs by J. Wu. 32, 33 China, Prov. Yunnan: 32 Kunming City, Shilin County, Changhu Town, Changhu wetland park, biotope of K. shilinensis sp. nov., photo by KL. Wu 33 Pu'er City, Manxieba Village, biotope of E. pseudolaika sp. nov., photographs by HL. Han.