Monema flavescens rubriceps (Matsumura, 1931) Pan & Zhu & Wu, 2013

Pan, Zhaohui, Zhu, Chaodong & Wu, Chunsheng, 2013, A review of the genus Monema Walker in China (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae), ZooKeys 306, pp. 23-36 : 28

(b) Monema flavescens rubriceps (Matsumura, 1931) stat. n. Fig. 10

Cnidocampa rubriceps Matsumura, 1931: 105. Type locality: Taiwan, China.

Monema rubriceps (Matsumura): Hering, 1931: 691.

Description.

Wing expanse 30-32mm. It differs from Monema flavescens flavescens Walker by the red frons. The aedeagus about twice as long as valva, longer than that of ssp. flavescens.

Specimens examined.

None. The image of the male genitalia of Monema rubriceps (Matsumura) was provided by Dr. Solovyev.

Distribution.

Taiwan.

Remarks.

Cnidocampa rubriceps is treated here as a subspecies of Monema flavescens because the male genitalia have the same structure, except for the aedeagus that is longer in ssp. rubriceps than in ssp. flavescens.

Figures

Figures 7 - 12. Male genitalia. 7 Monema tanaognatha Wu & Pan, sp. n. holotype (gen. slide WU 0156) 8 Monema coralina Dudgeon (gen. slide L 06051) 9 Monema meyi Solovyev & Witt (gen. slide WU 0121) 10 Monema flavescens rubriceps (Matsumura) (16058 MWM GS Taiwan) 11 Monema melli Hering, holotype (TYPE ZHUB GU 2) 12 Monema flavescens flavescens (Black form, gen. slide L 06052).