Flavala flavala ( Moore, 1867 ) flavala (Moore, 1867

Behounek, G., Han, H. L. & V. S. Kononenko, 2012, Two new genera and three new species of the Pantheinae from East Asia and China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Contribution to revision of Pantheinae VIII, Zootaxa 3587, pp. 78-88 : 79-80

Flavala flavala ( Moore, 1867) , comb. n.

( Figs. 3, 4, 14, 18)

Acronycta flavala Moore, 1867 , Proceedings of Zoological Society of London, 1867: 46. Type-locality: [ India or Bangladesh] Bengalia. Type (s) in NHM (BMNH, London).

Synonymy: flavata auct., nec Moore, 1867

References: Hampson 1894: 203 ( Anacronicta ); Hampson 1913: 350, Pl. 230:10 ( Anacronicta ); Warren [1912] 1909-1914:43, Pl. 4f ( Anacronicta ); Poole 1989: 77 ( Anacronicta ); Krusek & Behounek 1996: Pl. 45:4 ( Anacronicta , photo of the type-specimen).

Material examined. 1 male, 1 female, Myanmar, Prov. Kachin State, Camp im Wald / Strasse von Mt. Emaw Bum nach Kanphant , 2358 m, 26˚09’ 232’N, 098˚31’164’E, 28.v.2006 (leg. Michael Langer, Stefan Naumann & Swen Koffer) coll. A. Becher / genit, prep. 7420GB ; 1 female with same data and collectors, 29/ 30.ix.2010 ; 1 female, India, Arunachal Pradesh, Distr. Tawang, road to Tibet , 3000 m, 7 – 8.viii.2006, 27˚59’ 652’N, 091˚85’084’E (leg. Bretschneider) coll. Stumpf / Becher / genit, prep. 7421GB ; 1 male, 1 female, Central Nepal Kyumnu-Khola valley near Gandrung , 2300 m, 24, 24.v.1873 (leg. Diehl & Lehmann), genit. Prep. 4151, 4152 GB ( ZSM) ; 1 female, 1 male, NE Burma, Kambaiti 7000 ft. 5/4 R. Malaise / Tambana flavata Moore (NHRM, Stockholm) ; 1 male, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, Hanmi-Motuo , 2100 m, 18 – 27.viii.2005 (Huang, Zhou, Tang) , 1 male, Nepal, Surke Danda , 2000 m, 1 km W of Kesawa, 16 – 17.vi.1998 (leg. M. Hreblay & B. Benedek) ; 1 male, Nepal, Koshi, Taplejung area, Kade Ghanjang 2300 m, 27˚25’N, 87˚65’E (leg. Csorba & Ronkay) (GR) ; 1 male, Nepal, Kanchenjunga region, Tinjure Danda, Tinjure Phedi , 2740 m, 31.vii – 1.viii. 2000 (M. Hreblay & T. Tsovari) ( PG) ; 1 male, Nepal, Kanchenjunga region, Milke Danla 1 km NE of Gupha pass, 2790 m, 1 – 2.viii.2000 (M. Hreblay & T. Tsovari) ( PG) ; Nepal, Ganesh Himal , 2 km NW of Nasis, 2300 m ( PG) ; 1 male, Vietnam (GR) .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Figs. 3, 4). Wingspan 38 – 43 mm. The species can be recognized by the dark-grey ground colour of the forewing, with distinct waved antemedial line, dentate postmedial line and clearly expressed subterminal line; orbicular and reniform usually expressed as single and twin whitish spots with dark surrounding; a contrasting whitish area lies around reniform. The hindwing is yellow with dark suffusion along the inner margin and wide dark dentate subterminal band, distant from the terminal margin. The underside is yellowish, with wide brown-grey terminal band on forewing and wide subterminal band on hindwing, large blackish patch in distal part of discal cell of the forewing and medial fascia marked in costal part of the hindwing. Male and female genitalia ( Figs. 14, 18) features placed on genus Flavala description chapter.

Distribution. (Map 20). North India, Nepal, Bhuthan, Myanmar, Southwest China and probably also North Veitnam.

Note. Flavala flavala has been described from North India and was later illustrated in Hampson (1913) and Warren (1914) by paintings. Krusek & Behounek (1996) showed the photograph of the syntype of Flavala flavala . The examined material from India, Nepal, Myanmar and Southwest China matches well with the illustrations of F. flavala .