Pantheaforma ihlei, Behounek, G., Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2015

Behounek, G., Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2015, Two new genera and one new species of Pantheinae from East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, contribution XI, Zootaxa 3914 (3), pp. 331-338 : 332-335

Pantheaforma ihlei sp. n.

( Figs. 1, 5, 6 , 11, 12 , 17)

References. Kononenko & Pinratana 2013: 279, Pl. 37, fig. 26 (Genus & sp. unidentified).

Type material. Holotype. THAILAND: male, Chiang Mai Prov. Doi Phahompok Mt., 2100 m, 23 – 24.v.2011, T. Ihle leg., coll. A. Becher, ZSM, München, slide 12067 male, GB. Paratypes. MYANMAR: 1 male Upper Burma: Htawgaw. 6000 ft, Capt. A.E. Swann / Brit. Mus. 1923 – 488, coll. NHM ( BMNH, London) (identification by photo); CHINA: 1 male, Prov. Yunnan, Baoshan, Mt. Gaoligong, 2100 m, 10, vii.2011, C.H.Yi. leg., genitalia prep. HHL-2905-1; 1 female, Prov. Yunnan, Pur, Lai Yang river, 1600 m, 11.vi.2011, C.H.Yi. leg., genitalia prep.

HHL-2795-2; 1 female, Deqin, 850 m, 10.viii.2010, H.X.Ou leg, genitalia prep. HHL-2795-2. All in coll. of Southwest Forestry University, Kunmin, China ( SWFU).

Diagnosis. As diagnosed for the genus. No one species of Pantheinae similar to the new species. The diagnostic feature of the new species is blackish-brown with green-ochre patches ground colouration of the thorax and forewing, greenish-ochre orbicular and reniform stigmata, separated by black patch; brown-ochre patch in the apical area and black subtornal streak.

Description. Adult ( Figs. 1, 5, 6 ). Wingspan 45 – 46 mm. Head and thorax covered with brown and green-ochre scales; tegulae and patagia bordered with black; abdomen dark-grey, with blackish crest. Ground colour of forewing dark green-ochre with black elements of wing pattern; costal area paler, with black bases of subbasal, medial and antemedial fascias; basal and subbasal field blackish; subbasal line black, outlined by greenish-ochre; orbicular greenish-ochre, indistinct; medial line wide, black, outlined by greenish-ochre; reniform greenish-ochre, with whitish centre; cell between orbicular and reniform black; antemedial line thin, waved, black; subterminal field brown with greenish-ochre, with blackish subtornal mark; subterminal line indistinct, dentate; subterminal field pale greenish-ochre pale, with prominent pale subapical patch; terminal line as black dots; cilia blackish, interrupted by green-ochre on veins. Hindwing pale yellowish-grey, with traceable discal spot and distinct medial line and terminal band; cilia greyish.

Male and female genitalia ( Fig. 11, 12 , 17) as described for the genus.

Etymology. The species name is dedicated to Thomas Ihle, Thailand, Chiang Mai, the famous Lepidoptera collector in South East Asia.

Distribution and bionomy. The new species is known from type-localities in Northern Thailand (Chiang Mai Prov.), Northern Myanmar and Southwest China (Prov. Yunnan). The species has been collected in forested mountain regions on elevation range 850 – 2100 m. Flight period: May – August.

Note. The holotype of Pantheaforma ihlei sp. n. has been illustrated by Kononenko & Pinratana (2013) as “Genus & sp. unidentified).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Pantheinae spp., structure of head (1 – 4), imagines (5 – 10). 1, 5, 6 — Pantheaforma ihlei (5 — male, holotype, Thailand, genitalia prep. 12067 GB; 6 — female, paratype, China, genitalia prep. HHL- 2795 - 2); 2, 7, 8 — Chrisotea zhangi (7 — male, 8 — female, China); 3, 9 — Panthea coenobita (9 — male, Germany); 4, 10 — Trichosea ludifica (10 — male, Germany).

FIGURES 11 – 12. Pantheinae spp., male genitalia. 11 — Pantheaforma ihlei, holotype, genitalia prep. 12067 GB (Thailand); 12 — P. ihlei, paratype, China, genitalia prep. HHL- 2795 - 1; 13 — Chrisotea zhangi, genitalia prep. VSK (China).