Rhodostrophia bisinuata bisinuata Warren, 1895

Cui, Le, Xue, Dayong & Jiang, Nan, 2019, Description of two new species of Rhodostrophia Hübner, 1823 from China (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), Zootaxa 4563 (2), pp. 337-353 : 343

Rhodostrophia bisinuata bisinuata Warren, 1895

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Rhodostrophia bisinuata Warren, 1895 , Novit. zool., 2: 98. Holotype ♀, 'Japan' [incorrect locality], [possibly West China] (NHM). Rhodostrophia vinacearia sinensis Prout, 1913 , in Seitz, Macrolepid. World, 4: 43. Holotype ♁, China: Moupin ( NHM) .

Diagnosis. The species is similar to R. reisseri sp. nov., but can be distinguished by the following characters: the colour of the wings varies from pale yellowish to brown, the medial bands of all wings are sometimes thin and without shadow; a blackish brown marking is usually present on vein M 1 between the postmedial line and the outer margin of the forewing. The genitalia are quite different from R. reisseri sp. nov.: the valva is long and with a quadrate apex; the terminal part of the sacculus is separate from the valva, and forms a long digitiform process; a short spinose process is raised from the cleft of the valva and the saccular process; the apex of the aedeagus is rounded with a tooth, the vesica is partly sclerotized and wrinkle; the male eighth sternite is widely concave on the posterior margin. In the female genitalia, the anterior part of the ductus bursae is much narrower than the posterior part; the signum is composed of two small vertical bars and weakly sclerotized; the seventh sternite is broad, concave on the posterior margin, and forms a pair of narrow and curved pouch-like lateral processes on the anterior margin.

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan (IZCAS): 1♀, Kunming, Heilongtan, 14.V.1980; 2 6 2♀, Tengchong, Heinitang, 1930 m, 28–30.V.1992, coll. Xue Dayong; 2♀, Tengchong, Dahaoping, 2020 m, 24–26.V.1992, 5– 7.VIII.2007, coll. Xue Dayong et al.

Distribution. China (Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURES 1–15. Adults of Rhodostrophia. 1–2. R. jacularia; 1. Male, Mongolia, 2. Female, Inner Mongolia, China; 3. R. grumaria, male, Tibet, China; 4. R. serraginaria, male, Xinjiang, China; 5. R. bicolor, male, Tibet, China; 6. R. yunnanaria, male, Yunnan, China; 7. R. similata, male, Yunnan, China; 8. R. reisseri sp. nov., male, holotype, Yunnan, China; 9. R. bisinuata bisinuata, female, Yunnan, China; 10. R. stueningi sp. nov., male, holotype, Yunnan, China; 11. R. philolaches, male, Yunnan, China; 12. R. tristrigalis, male, Sichuan, China; 13. R. anchotera, male, Yunnan, China; 14. R. olivacea, male, Yunnan, China; 15. R. pelloniaria, male, Tibet, China. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 16–24. Male genitalia of Rhodostrophia. 16. R. jacularia, Inner Mongolia, China; 17. R. serraginaria, Xinjiang, China; 18. R. bicolor, Tibet, China; 19. R. yunnanaria, Sichuan, China; 20. R. similata, Gansu, China; 21. R. reisseri sp. nov., paratype, Yunnan, China; 22. R. bisinuata bisinuata, Yunnan, China; 23. R. stueningi sp. nov., paratype, Yunnan, China; 24. R. philolaches, Qinghai, China. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 25–37. Male genitalia of Rhodostrophia. 25. R. tristrigalis, Tibet, China; 26. R. pelloniaria, Tibet, China. FIGURES 27–37. Aedeagus of Rhodostrophia. 27. R. jacularia, Inner Mongolia, China; 28. R. serraginaria, Xinjiang, China; 29. R. bicolor, Tibet, China; 30. R. yunnanaria, Sichuan, China; 31. R. similata, Gansu, China; 32. R. reisseri sp. nov., paratype, Yunnan, China; 33. R. bisinuata bisinuata, Yunnan, China; 34. R. stueningi sp. nov., paratype, Yunnan, China, the black lines show the cornutus and the line of small spurs on the terminal part of the aedeagus; 35. R. philolaches, Qinghai, China. 36. R. tristrigalis, Tibet, China; 37. R. pelloniaria, Tibet, China. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 44–47. Female genitalia of Rhodostrophia. 44. R. bisinuata bisinuata, Yunnan, China; 45. R. stueningi sp. nov. with the seventh sternite, paratype, Yunnan, China; 46. R. philolaches, Yunnan, China; 47. R. pelloniaria, Tibet, China. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 48–58. Male eighth sternite of Rhodostrophia. 48. R. jacularia; 49. R. serraginaria; 50. R. bicolor; 51. R. yunnanaria; 52. R. similata; 53. R. reisseri sp. nov.; 54. R. bisinuata bisinuata; 55. R. stueningi sp. nov.; 56. R. philolaches; 57. R. tristrigalis; 58. R. pelloniaria. Scale bar = 1 mm.