Paratalanta ussurialis ( Bremer, 1864 )

Zhang, Dandan, Cai, Yanpeng & Li, Houhun, 2014, Taxonomic review of the genus Paratalanta Meyrick, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3753 (2), pp. 118-132 : 130-131

Paratalanta ussurialis ( Bremer, 1864)

( Figs. 12, 13 , 20 , 26 )

Botyodes ussurialis Bremer, 1864: 68 . Type locality: Amur. Paratalanta ussurialis ( Bremer, 1864) : Meyrick, 1890: 441.

Material examined. CHINA: 1 ♀, Mt. Xiaowutai, Yu County (39.93ºN, 114.95ºE), Hebei Province, 20.viii.2005, leg. Yunli Xiao, gen. slide no. CYP 12032; 2 ♂♂, Huansongpu Forest Farm (43.85ºN, 125.36ºE), Antu County, Jilin Province, 1010 m, 4.viii.2004, leg. Aihuan Zhang; 1 ♂, Liangshui National natural reserve (47.13ºN, 128.85ºE), Heilongjiang Province, 22.vii.2009, leg. Weichun Li & Jiayu Liu, gen. slide no. CYP 11042; 1 ♂, Mt. Daiyun administration, Dehua County (25.68ºN, 118.18ºE), Fujian Province, 870 m, 13.ix.2002, leg. Xinpu Wang; 2 ♂♂, Shuilian Cave (32.35ºN, 113.36ºE), Mt. Tongbai, Henan Province, 300 m, 14.ix.2000, leg. Houhun Li & O. Karsholt; 9 ♂♂, Dashahe, Daozhen County (28.85ºN, 107.60ºE), Guizhou Province, 1350 m, 25.v.2004, leg. Shulian Hao; 1 ♂, Pingyuan Village, Daozhen County, Guizhou Province, 1300 m, 22.viii.2004, leg. Yunli Xiao; 1 ♂, Guo Village, Daozhen County, Guizhou Province, 1300 m, 21.viii.2004, leg. Yunli Xiao; 1 ♂, Dashahe, Daozhen County, Guizhou Province, 1370 m, 25.viii.2004, leg. Yunli Xiao, gen. slide no. CYP 11032; 1 ♂, Fangxiang Village, Leishan County (26.37ºN, 108.07ºE), Guizhou Province, 900 m, 13.ix.2005, leg. Jialiang Zhang; 16 ♂♂, Huguo Temple, Mt. Fanjing (27.83ºN, 108.76ºE), Guizhou Province, 1390 m, 28.v.2002, leg. Xinpu Wang; 1 ♂, Danfeng County (33.72ºN, 110.33ºE), Shaanxi Province, 680 m, 28.v.1994, leg. Jin Zhou, gen.

slide no. ZDD01865; 2 ♀♀, Xinmin Forest Farm, Jingyuan County (35.48ºN, 106.33ºE), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 2100 m, 7.viii.2000, leg. Houhun Li & Shuxia Wang, gen. slide no. ZDD01866.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Figs. 12, 13 ) with wingspan 30.2 – 35.5 mm. This species is characterized by the narrow and long fore wing having a rectangular reniform stigma in male; the straight spine-shaped sella and the juxta concave deeply to 1/2 length on the posterior margin in the male genitalia ( Fig. 20 ); and the antrum with long setae on the postero-lateral margin ( Fig. 26 ).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jilin, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Korea, Japan, Russia (Far East).

Ecology. Caught in mountains from 300 m to 2100 m. Flight period from end of May to middle September.

Figures

FIGURES 8 – 13. Adults of Paratalanta spp. 8. P. pandalis, ♂; 9. P. stachialis, ♂; 10. P. stachialis, ♀; 11. P. taiwanensis sasakii, ♂; 12. P. ussurialis, ♂; 13. P. ussurialis, ♀.

FIGURES 18 – 20. Male genitalia of Paratalanta spp. 18. P. stachialis, genitalia slide no. CYP 12021; 19. P. taiwanensis sasakii, genitalia slide no. CYP 12047; 20. P. ussurialis, genitalia slide no. CYP 11042.

FIGURES 21 – 26. Female genitalia of Paratalanta spp. 21. P. annaluta sp. nov. paratype, genitalia slide no. IOZ (E) 506397; 22. P. f u rc at a sp. nov. paratype, genitalia slide no. CYP 12045; 23. P. cultralis amurensis, genitalia slide no. CYP 12031; 24. P. pandalis, genitalia slide no. CYP 11035; 25. P. stachialis, genitalia slide no. CYP 11050; 26. P. ussurialis, genitalia slide no. CYP 12032.