Paragona cleorides Wileman, 1911

Kononenko, Vladimir S., Han, Hui-Lin, Yu, Alexej & V, Ато, 2010, A review of the Eastern Palaearctic genera Paragona Staudinger, 1892 and Paragabara Hampson, 1926 with description of two new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Aventiinae, Hypeninae), Zootaxa 2679, pp. 51-68 : 55

Paragona cleorides Wileman, 1911

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Paragona cleorides Wileman, 1911 , Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1911: 266. Type-locality: Japan, Sapporo, Jozanke [BMNH, London].

Material examined. 7 males, Japan, Hokkaido, Odaira. 26–29.vii.1954 (coll. P. Savolainen) ( ZMHU).

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).

Diagnosis. P. cleorides ( Fig. 4 ) differs from its allies by paler ground colour and rusty medial field on fore and hindwing. Head and thorax ash-grey with intrusion of black scales; ground colour of wing pale yellowish - ash-grey, darker in costal and basal areas; medial field of fore and hind wings rusty-brownish; antemedial line expressed as black dash in costal area; postmedial line thin, dentate, continue as thin line on hindwing; subterminal field grey, somewhat darker background; subterminal line thin, pale yellowish-grey, bordered outside with diffused blackish streaks; terminal area pale yellowish-grey, terminal line thin, blackish; cilia pale-yellowish grey mixed with dark grey, formed by long scales. Orbicular as indistinct pale spot; reniform distinct, blackish, comma-like. Hindwing pattern reflect those of forewing, with rusty-brown medial field, thin blackish antemedial line and wide diffused postmedial and subterminal lines. Male genitalia ( Fig. 20 ) conspicuously differ from allied species. Uncus short, tegumen shorter than vinculum, with moderate peniculus; subscaphium sclerotized, juxta separated for two plates. Valva short, wide at base, in distal third constricted, extended in apex; sacculus very narrow and long; harpe absent; digitus as short finger-like apical extension in distal part of valva; apical part of valva with wide rounded plate formed from costa and angled extension of sacculus. Aedeagus short, strong, with sclerotized spines on apex; vesica globular, bearing two strong, moderate cornuti on wide base. Female unknown.

Distribution. ( Fig. 40 ). Japanese endemic. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) ( Sugi 1982).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Paragona sp., external appearance. 1. P. cognata, male, syntype, Russia, Primorye terr. (MNHU); 2. P. multisignata, male, syntype, Russia, Amur. (MNHU); 3. P. inchoata, male, China (ZFMK); 4. P. cleoridis, male, Japan (ZMHU); 5, 6. P. n e m o r a t a, paratypes, male and female, South Korea (KNA); 7, 8. P. dubia, Taiwan, type (after Wang 1994).

FIGURES 17 – 22. Paragona sp., male genitalia. 17. P. cognata, Russia, Primorye terr., prep. 550 VK (IBSS); 18. P. multisignata, Russia, Primorye terr., glycerin prep. AM (ZISP); 19. P. inchoata, South Korea, prep. 277 - 1 HHL (CIS); 20. P. cleoridis, Japan, prep. 021508 - 1 VK (ZMHU); 21, 22. P. n e m o r a t a, 21 – paratype, South Korea prep. 1049 - 1 HHL (KNA), 22 – Russia, Primorye terr., paratype, prep. 554 VK (IBSS);

FIGURES 37 – 44. Paragona, Paragabara and Remmigabara, distribution maps. 37. Paragona cognata; 38. P. multisignata; 39. P. inchoata; 40. P. cleoridis; 41. P. n emor at a; 42. Paragabara flavomacula; 43. P. ochreipennis; 44. P. curvicornuta; 46. Remmigabara secunda.