Mummu aerata Solovyev & Witt, 2009

Wu, Jun, Solovyev, Alexey V. & Han, Hui-Lin, 2022, Two new species and two unrecorded species of Limacodidae (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea) from Xizang, China, ZooKeys 1100, pp. 71-85 : 71

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1100.76142

publication LSID

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scientific name

Mummu aerata Solovyev & Witt, 2009
status

 

Mummu aerata Solovyev & Witt, 2009

Figs 11 View Figures 1–11 , 20 View Figures 17–23

Mummu aerata Solovyev & Witt, 2009, Entomofauna, suppl. 16: 183, pl. 15, figs 19-20. Type locality N. Vietnam: Lao Cai (Mt. Fan-si-pan W-Seite). Holotype: ♂ (MWM/ ZSM).

Specimens examined.

3 ♂, China, Xizang Autonomous Region, Linzhi (= Nyingchi) City , Motuo (= Medog) County , Beibeng Countryside , Dergong Village , 25.V.-4.VI.2021, HL. Han leg., genit. prep. WuJ-549-1, WuJ-551-1 (NEFU) ; 1 ♂, China, Prov. Yunnan, Pu’er City, Lancang County, Fofang Community , 20.IV.2013, HL. Han leg., genit. prep. WuJ-699-1 (NEFU) .

Diagnosis.

Based on the descriptions of Solovyev and Witt (2009), M. aerata is extremely similar in appearance to its rare Himalayan congener M. cuprea (Moore, 1879). The difference between them is that the former has a better-defined border of the distal pale zone in the forewings, whereas the same area in M. cuprea is smooth.

Bionomics.

The specimens were collected from May to June at altitudes of ~ 850 m a.s.l. The collection area is a subtropical climate zone (Fig. 25 View Figures 24–27 ).

Distribution.

China (Xizang: Motuo; Yunnan: Lancang), Thailand, Vietnam.

Remarks.

The genus is associated with the genera Pseudonirmides Holloway, 1986, Nirmides Hering, 1931 and Chibiraga Matsumura, 1931 both in appearance and the smaller pairwise distances of COI (0.097-0.137) ( Solovyev 2015); however, the presence of the strongly modified asymmetric juxta with a large, finger-shaped, hairy right process and the absence of the saccular processes of valvae are the diagnostic features.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Limacodidae

Genus

Mummu

Loc

Mummu aerata Solovyev & Witt, 2009

Wu, Jun, Solovyev, Alexey V. & Han, Hui-Lin 2022
2022
Loc

Mummu aerata

Solovyev & Witt 2009
2009