Ophthalmitis siniherbida (Wehrli, 1943)

Jiang, Nan, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2011, A review of Ophthalmitis Fletcher, 1979 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae), Zootaxa 2735, pp. 1-22 : 12

Ophthalmitis siniherbida (Wehrli, 1943)

Figs. 23–26 , 51 , 63 , 75 , 86 , 97

Boarmia (Ophthalmodes) herbidaria siniherbida Wehrli, 1943 , in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 4 (Suppl.): 529. Syntypes, 1ɗ, 1Ψ, China: Kwangtung, Lienping. (ZFMK)

Ophthalmitis lectularia siniherbida: Parsons et al., 1999 , Geometrid Moths of the World, a Catalogue, 2: 670. Ophthalmitis siniherbida: Sato & Wang, 2007 , Tinea , 20 (1): 43, figs 12, 16, 28, 31, 40.

Diagnosis. The wing patterns of this species are similar to those of the O. herbidaria , but can be distinguished by the following characters: the rami of the male antenna are longer; the processes on the cleft of the eighth sternite of the male abdomen are rounded and less strongly sclerotized, whereas they are pointed in O. herbidaria . The most distinct differences between these two species are in the male genitalia: the lateral processes of the uncus are shorter, rounded distally, whereas they are longer, acute distally in O. herbidaria ; the apex of the valva is relatively broader; the dorsal margin of the sacculus is very broad and densely serrate, extending to the base of the ampulla; the ampulla is broader and more longitudinally positioned, with dense teeth on dorsal margin and a large acute process on the anterior end. In the female genitalia: the lamella postvaginalis is narrower; the colliculum is shorter, with parallel sides; the central teeth of the signum are smaller.

Material examined. CHINA: Kwangtung: Lienping 1ɗ1Ψ, (Syntypes) ( ZFMK); Zhejiang: Taishun, Wuyanling, Shuangkengkou, 680 m, 28.VII.2005, coll. Lang Songyun, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Fujian: Wuyishan, Sangang, 704 m, 11–14.VIII.2009, coll. Xue Dayong, 1ɗ ( IZCAS); Fujian: Wuyishan, Sangang, 700 m, 29.V.2006, coll. Wang Jiashe, 1Ψ ( IZCAS); Guangdong: Shixing, Chebaling, 22–26.VII.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 1Ψ ( IZCAS); Guangxi: Napo, Defu, 11.VI.2000, coll. Yao Jian, 1ɗ ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi).

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 30. Adults of Ophthalmitis, habitus. 13 – 14. O. dissita sp. nov., holotype. 13, male, upperside; 14, male, underside. 15 – 18. O. irrorataria. 15, male, upperside; 16, male, underside; 17, female, upperside; 18, female, underside; 19 – 22. O. herbidaria. 19, male, upperside; 20, male, underside; 21, female, upperside; 22, female, underside; 23 – 26. O. siniherbida. 23, male, upperside; 24, male, underside; 25, female, upperside; 26, female, underside; 27 – 30. O. cordularia. 27, male, upperside; 28, male underside; 29, female, upperside; 30, female, underside. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 51 – 56. Male genitalia of Ophthalmitis. 51, O. siniherbida; 52, O. cordularia; 53, O. longiprocessa sp. nov.; 54, O. brevispina sp. nov.; 55, O. tumefacta sp. nov.; 56, O. xanthypochlora. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 57 – 68. Aedeagus of Ophthalmitis. 57, O. albosignaria albosignaria; 58, O. pertusaria; 59, O. sinensium; 60, O. dissita sp. nov.; 61, O. irrorataria; 62, O. herbidaria; 63, O. siniherbida; 64, O. cordularia; 65, O. longiprocessa sp. nov.; 66, O. brevispina sp. nov.; 67, O. tumefacta sp. nov.; 68, O. xanthypochlora. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 69 – 80. Sternite 8 of male abdomen of Ophthalmitis. 69, O. albosignaria albosignaria; 70, O. pertusaria; 71, O. sinensium; 72, O. dissita sp. nov.; 73, O. irrorataria; 74, O. herbidaria; 75, O. siniherbida; 76, O. cordularia; 77, O. longiprocessa sp. nov.; 78, O. brevispina sp. nov.; 79, O. tumefacta sp. nov.; 80, O. xanthypochlora. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 81 – 90. Female genitalia of Ophthalmitis. 81, O. albosignaria albosignaria; 82, O. pertusaria; 83, O. sinensium; 84, O. irrorataria; 85, O. herbidaria; 86, O. siniherbida; 87, O. cordularia; 88, O. longiprocessa sp. nov.; 89, O. brevispina sp. nov.; 90, O. tumefacta sp. nov. Scale bar = 1 mm.