Paraheliosia rufa (Leech 1890), comb. nov.

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Miltochrista rufa Leech, 1890: 82 . Type locality: China, Hubei, ‘Chang Yang’.

Miltochrista rufa: Seitz, 1910: 56, Fig. 12 c rufa .

Heliosia rufa: Hampson, 1900: 275, Pl. XXVI, Fig. 1; Strand, 1922: 658; Fang, 1992: 227; Fang, 2000: 182-183, Pl. V, Fig. 20.

Type material. LEECH (1890) cited six type specimens. However, HAMPSON (1900) noted only a single type specimen in the Natural History Museum (London, UK) collection. Unfortunately, it is unavailable now.

Material examined. CHINA: GANSU: 1 ♂, Kang Xian, 1450-1650 m, 15.vii.1998 (IZAS); SHAANXI: 1 ♀, Liuba, 1300 m, 23.vii.1998 (IZAS); 1 ♀, Taibaishan, 17.vii.1980 (IZAS).

Description. Dark grey pattern of forewings strongly widened; ground colour dark yellow with a rose tint. Forewing dark proximal band is fused with dark outer 1/3 of forewing along hind margin, so the rosy-yellow ground colour occupy basal 1/5 part of the wing, large triangular spot from the central part of costa towards vein Cu2 or A (occasionally this spot is transformed to a complete band), narrow costal and outer margins. Hindwing light yellow with brownish outer margin constricting towards tornal angle: this character easily visible from the known illustrations of a syntype specimen (Hampson, 1900: pl. XXVI, Fig. 1; Seitz, 1910: Fig. 12 c rufa). Fringe also dark yellow.

Male genitalia (Fig. 15): Aedeagus apex with two strong spines.

Remarks. Paraheliosia rufa differs from P. elegans by a broad dark pattern on both fore- and hindwings; from P. novirufa it differs by presence of a dark margin on hindwings.

Distribution. China: Gansu, Hebei, Hubei, Shaanxi (Fang, 2000).