Sarbanissa assimilis Orhant, 2015

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 assimilis Orhant, 2015

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Sarbanissa assimilis Orhant, 2015 , Bull. Soc. ent. Mulhouse 71: 3. TL: China (Xizang).

Material examined. 2 males. CHINA, Guangxi province, Rongshui city, 7-VIII-2003, leg. Guo-hua Huang. 1 male. CHINA, Guangxi province, Yuanbao Mountain , 22-VIII-2001, leg. Guo-hua Huang. 1 male. CHINA, Guangxi province, Jiuwan Mountain , 30-III-2003, leg. Guo-hua Huang ( SCAU) .

Identification notes. Wingspan 46 mm. Forewing purplish brown, orbicular and reniform stigma quite obvious, purplish black with yellow edge. Hindwing with four black speckles that connect into a line at subterminal area, discal spot black and small.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. pseudassimilis sp. nov. and the differences between them are mentioned above.

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Xizang) ( Orhant 2015).

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 30–36. Genitalia of Sarbanissa spp.: 30–33, male; 34–36, female. 30, S. interposita Hampson; 31, S. assimilis Orhant; 32, S. gentilis Kishida, Eda & Wang; 33, S. pseudassimilis sp. nov.; 34, S. albifascia (Walker); 35, S. bala (Moore); 36, S. interposita Hampson.