Sarbanissa catacoloides ( Walker, 1862 )

Wei, Fu-Hong, Kishida, Yasunori & Wang, Min, 2019, A review of the genus Sarbanissa Walker, 1865 in China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Agaristinae), Zootaxa 4648 (2), pp. 354-370 : 357

Sarbanissa catacoloides ( Walker, 1862)

( Figs. 16 , 29 )

Phaegorista catacoloides Walker, 1862 , J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 6: 87. TL: Malaysia ( Sarawak).

Seudyra catacoloides: Jordan 1912 , in Seitz. Macrolep. World 11: 28, pl. 4d.

Sarbanissa catacoloides: Chen 1999: 134 ; Kononenko & Pinratana 2005: 142; Holloway 1989: 206.

Note. The photos of adult and genitalia are from Holloway's “ The Moths of Borneo ” 1989 with the kind permission of the author.

Identification notes. Wingspan 35 mm. Forewing brown, orbicular and reniform stigma reddish black, with a white speckle outside. Hindwing with a small discal spot, terminal band narrow, and the inner edge zigzagging.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: forewing brown; hindwing with discal spot obscure, terminal band brownish black and continuous, anal angle yellow.

Distribution. China (Hubei), Nepal, North India, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok ( Holloway 1989; Chen 1999; Kononenko & Pinratana 2005).

Figures

FIGURES 9–17. Sarbanissa spp.: 9, S. subflava (Moore), male, Zhejiang (SCAU); 10, S. venusta (Leech), male, Sichuan (SCAU); 11, S. assimilis Orhant, male, Guangxi (SCAU); 12, S. yunnana (Mell), male, Yunnan (SCAU); 13, S. pseudassimilis sp. nov., male, Yunnan (SCAU); 14, S.cirrha Jordan, male, Taiwan (photograph by Mr. Shipher Wu); 15, S. gentilis Kishida, Eda & Wang, male, Yunnan (SCAU); 16, S. catacoloides (Walker) (from Holloway's “The Moths of Borneo” 1989); 17, S. interposita Hampson, male, Sichuan (SCAU). Scale bar=1 cm.

FIGIRES 24–29. Genitalia of Sarbanissa spp.: 24–28, male; 29, male and female. 24, S. bala (Moore); 25, S. subflava (Moore); 26, S. venusta (Leech); 27, S. yunnana (Mell); 28, S.cirrha Jordan (©Mr. Shipher Wu); 29, S. catacoloides (Walker) (from Holloway's “The Moths of Borneo” 1989).