Paratalanta pandalis (Hübner, 1825), Hubner, 1825

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 : 128-129

Paratalanta pandalis (Hübner, 1825)

( Figs. 8 , 17 , 24 )

Epicorsia pandalis Hübner, 1825: 355 . Type locality: Augsburg. Pyralis verbascalis Hübner, 1796: 23 .

Botys thapsalis Treitschke, 1828: 314 .

Botys oblitalis Duponchel, 1843: 396 . Type locality: France, Seine-et-Marne, Chartrettes. Botys pandalis var. bergunensis Zeller, 1878: 90 . Type locality: Ober-Albula in Graubünden. Botys jessica Butler, 1878: 58 .

Microstega pandalis (Hübner, 1825) : Meyrick, 1890: 450.

Paratalanta pandalis (Hübner, 1825) : Kirpichnikova, 1986: 52.

Material examined. CHINA: 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Mt. Wuling (40.60ºN, 117.47ºE), Xinglong County, Hebei Province, 800 m, 2.vii.2009, leg. Qing Jin, gen. slide no. CYP 11024 (♂); 6 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Mt. Luya Reserve administration (38.65ºN, 112.02ºE), Ningwu County, Shanxi Province. 1450 m, 19 – 20.vii.2011, leg. Shulian Hao & Jiayu Liu, gen. slide no. CYP 12019 (♂), CYP 12020 (♀); 4 ♂♂, Xiyao Village, Ningwu County (38.65ºN, 112.00ºE), Shanxi Province, 1475 m, 21 – 22.vii.2011, leg. Shulian Hao & Jiayu Liu, gen. slide no. CYP 12014; 18 ♂♂, Erhezhuang, Pangquangou, Mt. Guandi (39.00ºN, 112.30ºE), Ningwu County, Shanxi Province, 1658 m, 27 – 30.vi.2011, leg. Shulian Hao & Jiayu Liu, gen. slide no. CYP 12015, CYP 12044; 5 ♂♂, Heshangmaozi, Benxi County (41.30ºN, 124.10ºE), Liaoning Province, 22 – 24.vi.2010, leg. Jiayu Liu & Yanpeng Cai; 6 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mt. Tiecha, Benxi County (41.30ºN, 124.10ºE), Liaoning Province, 27 – 28.vi.2010, leg. Jiayu Liu & Yanpeng Cai, gen. slide no. CYP 11046 (♂), CYP 12026 (♂); 1 ♀, Haichao, Lu County (28.97ºN, 105.28ºE), Sichuan Province, 27.vii.1995, leg. Y.X. Zeng, gen. slide no. ZDD0202; 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Daheba, Mayanghe County (28.57ºN, 108.18ºE), Guizhou Province, 430 m, 5 – 6.vi.2007, leg. Xicui Du, gen. slide no. AT08006 (♀), CYP 11049 (♀); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Lijiaba, Mayanghe County (28.57ºN, 108.18ºE), Guizhou Province, 700 m, 30.ix.2007, 1.x.2007, leg. Hui Zhen; 3 ♀♀, Yangdian County (33.92ºN, 106.42ºE), Gansu province, 27 – 31.v.1984, leg. Houhun Li, gen. slide no. DXC06530, ZDD02027; 8 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Mt. Liupan Administration (35.60ºN, 106.10ºE), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 1700 m, 20.vi.2008, leg. Shulian Hao & Zhiwei Zhang, gen. slide no. CYP 11026 (♂), CYP 11035 (♀); 4 ♂♂, Hongxia Forest Farm, Mt. Liupan, Ningxia, 2600 m, 21.vi.2008, leg. Shulian Hao & Zhiwei Zhang, gen. slide no. CYP 11027; 1 ♂, Guamagou Forest Farm, Mt. Liupan, Ningxia, 2100 m, 29.vi.2008, leg. Shulian Hao & Zhiwei Zhang; 7 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, Qiuqianjia Protection Station, Qiuqianjia Forest Farm, Mt. Liupan, Ningxia, 1700 m, 1 – 2.vii.2008, leg. Shulian Hao & Zhiwei Zhang, gen. slide no. AT08035 (♀), CYP 11028 (♂); 1 ♀, Dongshan Forest Farm, Mt. Liupan, Ningxia, 2050 m, 7.vii.2008, leg. Shulian Hao & Zhiwei Zhang.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 8 ) with wingspan 20.0 – 30.5 mm. This species is characterized by the sella ventrally directed and apically far exceeding the ventral margin of the valva in the male genitalia ( Fig. 17 ), and the narrow antrum with setae on the straight posterior margin, and the horn-shaped membranous sacs from between the antrum and the ductus bursae curved backward in the female genitalia ( Fig. 24 ).

Host plants. Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb. et Zucc. , P. nigra var. henonis Stape , P. pubescens Mazel , P. nigra Munro ( Kim & Lee, 1986) .

Distribution. China (Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shanxi, Sichuan), Korea, Japan, Russia (Ussuri), Europe.

Ecology. Caught in lowland from 430 m to 700 m, in mountains from 800 m to 2600 m. Flight period from end of May to early October.

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 14 – 17. Male genitalia of Paratalanta spp. 14. P. annaluta sp. nov. holotype, genitalia slide no. ZDD 01713; 15. P. furcata sp. nov. paratype, genitalia slide no. CYP 12023; 16. P. cultralis amurensis, genitalia slide no. CYP 12030; 17. P. pandalis, genitalia slide no. CYP 12033.

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.