Mustilia pai Zolotuhin, 2007

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 : 101

70. Mustilia pai Zolotuhin, 2007 ( FIGURES 40 A–40B, 40F)

Mustilia pai Zolotuhin, 2007 , Neue ent. Nachr., 60: 191. TL: [Shaanxi, China] “ China, Tapaishan im Tsinling, Süd-Shensi”. Holotype: male (ZFMK) [examined].

Diagnosis. Can be distinguished from the other species by the forewing strongly falcate apex, a clearly delineated dark crescent pattern on the outer margin below the apex and the juxta with a pair of elongate processes.

Specimens examined. [SHANNXI] Taibai County: 1 male (holotype), Tapaishan im Tsinling, Süd-Shensi, 26.VI.1935, H. Höne leg. (GU BMB-019, ZFMK); [SICHUAN] Luding County (Mt. Gonggashan): 1 male, 2.VIII.2003, Min Wang & Liu-Sheng Chen leg. (SCAU).

Bionomics. The larval host is unknown.

Distribution. Mainland China (Shaanxi, Sichuan).

Remarks. This species is endemic to China.

Figures

FIGURE 40. Adults and male genitalia of Mustilia spp. A. M. pai, male (Shaanxi), holotype; B. M. pai, male (Sichuan); C. M. falcipennis, male genitalia (Guangdong); D. M. glabrata, male genitalia (Sichuan); E. M. attacina, male genitalia (Hubei); F. M. pai, male genitalia (Sichuan).