Ophthalmitis cordularia (Swinhoe, 1893)

Figs. 27–30, 52, 64, 76, 87, 98

Ophthalmodes cordularia Swinhoe, 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6) 12: 155. Holotype ɗ, India: Khasi Hills. (BMNH) Boarmia (Ophthalmodes) cordularia: Wehrli, 1943, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 4 (Suppl.): 530, pl. 45: f. Ophthalmitis cordularia: Sato, 1992, Japan Heterocerists' J., 167: 295, figs 7, 8, 17, 23, 28, 34.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to O. siniherbida as follows: the rami of the long male antenna and a broad dark band between the medial line and outer margin of the discal spot on the hindwing. But it can be distinguished from O. siniherbida on the following characters: the forewing postmedial line is indistinct and appears as spots on veins, but it is distinct and serrate in O. siniherbida; greyish brown patches are absent between the postmedial and submarginal lines, and between the submarginal and terminal lines, whereas they are present in O. siniherbida; the cleft of the eighth sternite of the male abdomen is rounded but tapered in O. siniherbida . The most distinct differences between these two species are in the male genitalia: the apex of the valva is truncated but rounded in O. siniherbida; the dorsal margin of the sacculus is very narrow, a little broadened and with dense teeth and a spinous bar apically; the ampulla is triangular and spinous, while in O. siniherbida, it is broader and has a serrate margin, forming an anterior spur-like process. In the female genitalia: the lamella postvaginalis is broader; the signum is larger, the central teeth are distributed radially.

Material examined. CHINA: Henan: Baiyunshan, 1300 m, 9.VI.2001, coll. Shen Xiaocheng, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Henan: Baiyunshan, 1400 m, 12.VII.2003, coll. Qiu Reng, 1Ψ (IZCAS); Shaanxi: Zhouzhi, Houzhenzi, 1350 m, 25.VI.1999, coll. Yao Jian, 1Ψ (IZCAS); Ningxia: Jingyuan, Erlonghe Linchang, 1984 m, 12.VII.2008, coll. Song Wenhui, 1Ψ (IZCAS); Hubei: Xingshan, Xiaohekou, 700 m, 11.V.1994, coll. Li Wenzhu, 1Ψ (IZCAS); Jiangxi: Doushui, 29.VI.1975, coll. Song Shimei, 1Ψ (IZCAS); Hunan: Pingjiang, 31.VII.1981, 1Ψ (IZCAS); Guangxi: Miaoershan, Jiuniuchang, 1150 m, 8.VII.1985, coll. Fang Chenglai, 1Ψ (IZCAS); Sichuan: Wulong, 1000 m, 2.VII.1989, coll. Mai Guoqing, 1ɗ (IZCAS); Yunnan: Yujinan, 2300 m, 22.VI.1980, 1ɗ (IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Taiwan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), India, Nepal.