Salassa, Moore, 1859

Zheng, Xuhongyi & Wang, Dong, 2023, Description of a new species and a new group of Salassa Moore, 1859 (Lepidoptera Saturniidae) with a molecular study based on partial COI, Zootaxa 5375 (2), pp. 285-296 : 292

Key to male of royi-group of Salassa

1 Wings light yellow to yellowish brown, both forewing and hindwing with continuous medial white line ( Fig. 1A )..........2

- Wings dark brown, medial white line of the forewing and hindwing dash line shaped ( Fig.2E ).........................4

2 Forewing yellowish in basal area while dark yellowish brown in middle area ( Fig. 2F )............ S. tibaliva , S. antkozlovi

- Forewing with the same coloration in basal and middle area ( Fig. 1A )............................................ 3

3 Greenish-hyaline ocellus in forewings narrower than 5.0 mm, genitalia with 1–3 small denticles on margin of ventral valvae ( Figs 1A , 2A )....................................................................... S. sunwukongi sp. nov.

- Greenish-hyaline ocellus in forewings wider than 5.0 mm, genitalia with a line of several large denticles on margin of ventral valvae ( Fig. 2B, D )............................................................................ S. olivacea

4 Forewings longer than 55 mm, ocellus of forewing and hindwing wider than 5 mm and 3 mm respectively.......... S. royi

- Forewings shorter than 50 mm, ocellus of forewing and hindwing narrower than 4 mm and 3 mm respectively... S. pararoyi

Figures

FIGURE 1. Adults of S. sunwukongi sp. nov.: (A) male holotype (dorsal view); (B) male holotype (ventral view); (C) male paratype (dorsal view); (D) male paratype (dorsal view); (E) female paratype (dorsal view); (F) female paratype (ventral view). Scale bars: 10.0 mm.

FIGURE 2. Features of royi-group members of Salassa: (A) male genitalia of S. sunwukongi sp. nov.; (B) male genitalia of S. olivacea; (C) male genitalia of S. tibaliva; (D) male adult of S. olivacea (dorsal view); (E) male adult of S. royi (dorsal view); (F) male adult of S. tibaliva (dorsal view); (G) female adult of S. tibaliva (dorsal view). Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A–C); 10.0 mm (D–G).