Psychostrophia picaria Leech, 1897

Huang, Si-Yao, Wang, Min & Fan, Xiao-Ling, 2019, Notes on the genus Psychostrophia Butler, 1877 (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae), with description of a new species, ZooKeys 900, pp. 111-127 : 116

Psychostrophia picaria Leech, 1897 Figs 17 , 19

Psychostrophia picaria Leech 1897: 189, pl. VI, fig. 11. [Type locality: Changyang, Ichang (now Yichang), Central China]; Seitz 1912: 278; Minet 2003: 473, 478, fig. 5, 24.

Material examined.

1 male, altitude 1000-1400 m, 13.V.2015, Muyu Town, Shennongjia, Yichang City, Hubei Province, leg. Yu-fei Li, PSY017 (SCAU); 1 female, 11-14.V.2007, Mt Tianping, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, leg. Liu-sheng Chen, Zhen Li & Yang Long (SCAU); 3 males, 9.VII.2015, Mt Simian, Chongqing City, leg. Si-yao Huang (SCAU); 1 male, 1 female, 1.VII.2003, Mt Maoer, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, leg. Min Wang (SCAU).

Remarks.

Huang et al. (2019) stated that the difference in male genitalia between P. endoi and P. picaria lies in the shape of the valva, which protrudes more at the apex in P. endoi . However, the more protruding valva apex is actually found in P. picaria . The photographs of adult and male genitalia of a P. picaria collected in Shennongjia, Yichang, Hubei Province have been illustrated here for comparison. Judging from the structures of the male genitalia, both the sacculus and praesacculus of P. picaria are thicker than those of P. endoi , and the upper lobe of the juxta is much broader and longer than that of P. endoi . However, given that the valva structure is variable in P. nymphidiaria , it is possible that the differences in valva structure mentioned above between these two species are still not constant. Thus, only the shape of the juxta can currently be regarded as a true distinguishing characteristic. More material of male P. endoi should be examined to confirm such differences.

Distribution.

China (Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) ( Fig. 25 ).

Figures

Figure 25. Distribution map of the genus Psychostrophia. Records of distribution are taken from Inoue (1992), Chou and Yuan (2001), Owada (2011), Huang et al. (2019), An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone http: // www. jpmoth. org, Shiiba Research Forest, Kyushu University http: // www. forest. kyushu-u. ac. jp / miyazaki / index. php, and the present study.

Figures 15 - 18. Adults of Psychostrophia spp. and Stiboges sp. 15, 17 - 18 male 16 female: 15 Psychostrophia nymphidiaria, holotype of Stiboges lushanica, Lushan, Sichuan 16 Stiboges elodinia, mislabeled specimen of " holotype " of Stiboges lushanica, Lushan, Sichuan 17 Psychostrophia picaria, Shennongjia, Hubei, PSY 017 18 holotype of Psychostrophia endoi, Xam Neua, Laos, from Inoue (1992). Scale bars: 1 cm.

Figures 19, 20. Male genitalia of Psychostrophia spp. 19 Psychostrophia picaria, Shennongjia, Hubei, PSY 017 20 holotype of Psychostrophia endoi, Xam Neua, Laos, from Inoue (1992). a = male genitalia capsule with juxta removed; b = aedeagus lateral view; c = aedeagus dorsal view; d = flattened aedeagus in lateral view; e = juxta. Scale bar: 1 mm (19).