Longarista longaria ( Daniel, 1951 ) Volynkin, 2019

Volynkin, Anton V., 2019, Description of the new genus Longarista Volynkin, gen. nov., with a new species from northern Indochina (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Ecologica Montenegrina 20 (2019), pp. 97-104 : 101

Longarista longaria ( Daniel, 1951) , comb. nov.

( Figs 1–3 , 16, 17 , 26 )

Miltochrista longaria Daniel, 1951 , Bonner zoologische Beiträge 2 (3–4): 318, text fig. 19; pl. 1, fig. 21. (Type locality: [Zhejiang] “ Wenchow ”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Fig. 1 ): male, “Wenchow (Chekiang), Juni 1938, H. Höne ” / “Präp. Nr. 690 Slg. Franz Daniel München” / dark pink label “ Holotype ♂ Miltochrista longaria Daniel ” (Coll. ZFMK) .

Other material examined: 1 male, [ China, N Guangdong, Tsha-yun-shan] Te , 15.VIII. / China, ex coll. R . Mell, slide AV4240 Volynkin (Coll. ZMB) ; 1 female, [ China, N Guangdong, Tsha-yun-shan] Te, 2. VI . [19]11 / China, ex coll. R . Mell, slide AV4242 Volynkin (Coll. ZMB) ; 1 male, [ China, N Guangdong, Linping, Shuiyuenshan, Mantsishan ] M, 2.VIII.[19]15 / China, ex coll. R . Mell, slide AV4241 Volynkin (Coll. ZMB) ; 1 male, China, Hainan Isl., Wuzhi Shan Mts. , 18°53’N 109°43’E, 20.II.–10.IV.2001, leg. local collector, ex coll. Dr. R . Brechlin , slide MWM 33570 Volynkin ( Coll. MWM / ZSM) .

Note. The specimens in the collection ZFMK labeled as paratypes of M. longaria belong to the polymorphic Barsine delineata .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 10–12 mm in males and 13 mm in females. Wingspan 20–25 mm in males is 26.5 mm in females. Males significantly vary in size and forewing width. The differences between L. longaria and L. kareli are listed in the diagnosis of the latter.

Distribution. Southeastern China (Zhejiang, Guangdong and Hainan).

Figures

Figures 1–8. Longarista (1–9) and Barsine (10–15) spp.: adults. 1, L. longaria, holotype male, China, Zhejiang (ZFMK); 2, L. longaria, male, China, Hainan (MWM/ZSM); 3, L. longaria, female, China, Guangdong (ZMB); 4, L. kareli, holotype male, N Myanmar (MWM/ZSM); 5, L. kareli, paratype male, N Myanmar (MWM/ZSM); 6, L. kareli, paratype male, N Myanmar (MWM/ZSM); 7, L. kareli, paratype male, N Thailand (MWM/ZSM); 8, L. kareli, paratype male, N Laos (MWM/ZSM); 9, L. kareli, paratype male, N Virtnam (MWM/ZSM); 10, B. delineata, male, China, Zhejiang (ZFMK); 11, B. delineata, male, China, Jiangxi (MWM/ZSM); 12, B. delineata, female, China, Shanghai (ZFMK); 13, B. bachma bachma, paratype female, S Vietnam (CAV); 14, B. convexa, male, Taiwan (MWM/ZSM); 15, B. convexa, female, Taiwan (MWM/ZSM).

Figures 16–19. Longarista spp.: male genitalia. 16, L. longaria, China, Guangdong, slide AV4241 Volynkin; 17, L. longaria, China, Hainan, slide MWM 33570 Volynkin; 18, L. kareli, holotype, N Myanmar, slide MWM 33597 Volynkin; 19, 18, L. kareli, paratype, N Vietnam, slide MWM 33571 Volynkin.

Figures 24–28. Miltochrista spp.: male genitalia (24–25), Longarista (26) and Barsine (27–28): female genitalia. 24, M. miniata, type species of Miltochrista, Russia, slide AV2289 Volynkin; 25, M. humilis, Nepal, slide AV2351 Volynkin; 26, L. longaria, SE China, slide AV4242 Volynkin; 27, B. delineata, E China, slide AV1929 Volynkin; 28, B. bachma bachma, paratype, C Vietnam, slide AV2511 Volynkin.