Ovipennis bicolora Fang, 1986

Huang, Si-Yao, Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel, Li, Zhi-Hong & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2024, Review of the bicolora Fang and binghami Hampson species-groups of the genus Ovipennis Hampson with descriptions of five new species from Southwestern China and Indochina (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5399 (5), pp. 540-554 : 543

Ovipennis bicolora Fang, 1986

( Figs 1–3 , 16 , 24 , 33, 34 )

Ovipennis bicolora Fang, 1986: 178 , fig. 1; Fang 2000: 140, pl. IV, fig. 1; Volynkin et al. 2019: 72.

Ovipennis binghami [nec Hampson, 1903]: Fang, 2000: 140, pl. IV, fig. 2

Type material examined. Holotype ( Fig. 1 ): male, handwritten and printed white label “ ƃnjĖAEẬẤdz [Sichuan, Mt. Emei, Qingyinge] | 1979. VI. 16 | ϕ⁂Lj‡※ [ Chinese Academy of Science ]” / handwritten and printed white label “ 1979.VI.16 | ẌÄƁ: Hffffi [leg. Jiu-wei Bai]” / white printed label “♁” / red printed label “HOLOTYPE” / blue printed label “IOZ (E) 208897” / handwritten and printed label “ Ovipennis bicolora Fang | ṘẼƁ:ẀḴŘ [Identifier: Cheng-lai Fang]” ( IZCAS).

Additional material examined: CHINA: 2 males, 20. VI.2021, Sichuan, Mt. Emei , Qingyingge, Si-Yao Huang leg., unique numbers: LTS5 & LTS6 ( CHSY) ; 1 female, 18. VI. 2021, Sichuan, Mt. Emei , road from Wuxiangang to Qingyinge, Si-Yao Huang leg., unique number: LTS7 ( CHSY) ; 1 female, 19. VI.2021, Sichuan, Mt. Emei , road from Wuxiangang to Hongchunping, Si-Yao Huang leg., unique number: LTS8 ( CHSY) ; 1 female, 21. VI.1957, Sichuan, Mt. Emei, Qingyinge , 800–1000m, Fu-xing Zhu leg., unique number: IOZ (E) 470198 ( IZCAS) ; 3 females, 12. VI.1957, Sichuan, Mt. Emei , 600 m, Ping Gao leg., unique numbers: IOZ (E) 470204–470206 ( IZCAS) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 8.0 mm in males and 10.0 mm in females. Ovipennis bicolora is similar in appearance only to O. regina sp. n. and the detailed comparison is provided below in the diagnosis of the new species. The genitalia of both sexes of O. bicolora are most reminiscent of O. hanae sp. n. and the detailed comparison is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. Currently known only from its type locality in Sichuan Province, western China ( Fig. 38 ).

Remarks. The record of Ovipennis binghami from Sichuan ( Fang 2000) is based on the misidentification of the female of O. bicolora .

Figures

FIGURES 1–15. Ovipennis spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 1 in IZCAS; 2, 3 and 11 in CHSY; 4 in WIGJ (ex CAV); 5, 8 and 14 in CKC; 6 in CAV; 7, 13 and 15 in MWM/ZSM (7 ex CKC); 9 and 12 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 10 in SCAU (ex CHSY).

FIGURES 16–19. Male genitalia of Ovipennis spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 16 in CHSY; 17 in SCAU; 18 in WIGJ (ex CAV); 19 in CAV.

FIGURES 24–29. Female genitalia of Ovipennis spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 24 and 29 in CHSY; 25, 27 and 28 in CKC; 26 in CAV.

FIGURES 33–38. Live adults (Figs 33–37) and habitat (Fig. 38) of Ovipennis spp. 33 and 34, O. bicolora, China, Mt. Omei (photo by Si-Yao Huang); 35 and 36, O. regina sp. n., China, Yunnan (photo by Hong-wei Zhang); 37, O. hanae sp. n., China, Yunnan (photo by Hong-wei Zhang); 38, Qingyinge, Mt. Emei, Sichuan, the habitat in the type locality of O. bicolora.