Penicillifera tamsi (Lemée, 1950), Lemee, 1950

Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, Zootaxa 3989 (1), pp. 1-138 : 44

24. Penicillifera tamsi (Lemée, 1950) ( FIGURES 14 E–14F, 15E)

Ocinara tamsi Lemée, 1950 , Contrib. l’étude L é pid. Haut-Tonkin et Saigon: 37. TL: Backan. Neotype – Vietnam, Nghe An Prov., Ban Khom, 280 m. Neotype: male (MWM) [examined].

Ocinara tetrapuncta Chu & Wang, 1993 , Sinozoologia 10: 230. TL: Yunnan, China. Synonymized by Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009.

Diagnosis. Similar to other Penicillifera species but can be distinguished by: wings ochre; hindwing inner margin with three black dots; uncus bifid to the middle, the lobes short and finger-shaped; saccus not swollen apically; aedeagus slender and very straight.

Specimens examined. [GUANGXI] Fangchenggang City (Shiwandashan National NR): 1 male, Hongqilinchang, 6.XI.2001, Min Wang & Guo-Hua Huang leg. (SCAU); 1 female, Mt. Pinglongshan., 6.IV.2002, Min Wang leg. (SCAU); 1male, Hongqilinchang, 2.IV.2002, Min Wang & Guo-Hua leg. (SCAU); 1 male, Milv Village, 6.IV.2002, Guo-Hua Huang leg. (SCAU); 1 male, Dongzhonglinchang, 8.IV.2002, Guo-Hua Huang leg. (SCAU); Napo County: 1 male, Defu Village, 4.XII.2005, Min Wang leg. (SCAU); [YUNNAN] Yingjiang County (Tongbiguan Provincial NR): 2 males, 21.VI.2005, Guo-Hua Huang, Liu-Sheng Chen & Jing-Xian Liu leg. (HUNAU); Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture: 39 males, Puwen, 30 km SSW Simao, 900 m, 16.III– 10.IV.2000, 22˚30’N, 100˚02’E, Brechlin’s local collector leg. (MWM); Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture: 3 males, Yunlong, 13 km north of Caojian town, Fengshuining Mts., 2460 m, 10–23.VI.1999, R. Brechlin leg. (MWM); 3 males, 10 km W Yunxian Daxing, 120 km W Dali; Lincang distr., 1200 m, 16.III–10.IV.2000, 24˚30’N, 100˚01’E, Brechlin’s local collector leg. (MWM); 11 male, Yunxian/ Daxing, 1200 m, 20 km S Dali, 16. III–10.IV.2000, 24˚30’N, 100˚01’E, local collector leg. (MWM); Simao County: 3 males, 18 km S Simao, Mt. Mangxiba, 22˚28’N, 101˚01’E, 16.III–10.IV.2000, local collector leg. (MWM); Lancang County: 1 male, 130 m southwest of Kunming, 1430 m, 25.XI–5.XII.1998, local collector leg. (MWM); Mouding County: 14 males, 1300 m, 16.III–10.IV.2000, 25˚19’N, 101˚32’E, local collector leg. (MWM).

Bionomics. The larval host is unknown.

Distribution. Mainland China (Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan), Vietnam, Thailand.

Remarks. Chu & Wang (1993) described this species as Ocinara tetrapuncta Chu & Wang, 1993 .

Figures

FIGURE 14. Adults of Penicillifera spp. A. P. apicalis, male (Thailand); B. P. apicalis, male (Thailand); C. P. apicalis, female (Yunnan); D. P. lactea, male (Guangdong); E. P. tamsi, male (Guangxi); F. P. tamsi, female (N. Vietnam).