Pseudepisothalma ocellata (Swinhoe, 1893) Swinhoe, 1893

Xue, Dayong, Wang, Xuejian & Han, Hongxiang, 2009, A revision of Episothalma Swinhoe, 1893, with descriptions of two new species and one new genus (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae), Zootaxa 2033, pp. 12-25 : 24

Pseudepisothalma ocellata (Swinhoe, 1893) comb. nov.

Figs. 9–10

Episothalma ocellata Swinhoe, 1893 b, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 12: 218. ɗ, [ India]: Khasi Hills (BMNH), herein designated as lectotype.

Chlorodontopera (Episthophthalma) ocellata: Hampson, 1895 , Fauna Br. India (Moths) 3: 483.

Redescription. Head: Frons red brown mixed with black. Labial palpus dark brown. Vertex grass green. Thorax: Tegula grass green. Dorsum grass green, venter mixed with dull pink. Hind tibia in male slightly dilated, with one pair of terminal spurs. Length of forewing: ɗ 21 mm. Wings grass green. Forewing with costa pink and reddish brown, diffused with black; antemedial line pale yellowish green, wavy, appearing as small black dots on veins; postmedial line pale yellowish green, straight, slightly wavy, with short blackish green radial lines outside it on veins; terminal line blackish green, broken on veins; discal spot black, large; fringes with basal part pink red-brown, distal part dark green. Hind wing with discal spot smaller than that of forewing; postmedial, terminal lines, fringes same as those of forewing. Ventral side yellow dispersed with black; both wings with black discal spots; postmedial lines on both wings distinct, also discernible from dorsal side, almost straight; fringes black. Abdomen: Dorsum blackish red-brown, crested from second to fifth segment, the former two developed. Sternite 8 in male slightly sclerotized, with middle part concave. Male genitalia ( Figs. 22 , 33 ) as in description of the genus. Female genitalia unknown.

Material examined. INDIA: Lectotype of Episothalma ocellata Swinhoe , ɗ, Khasi Hills, 94-66 (other labels: Episothalma ocellata Swinhoe , ɗ type; red type label) ( BMNH); CHINA: Yunnan Tengchong Dahaoping, 2020 m, 24–26.V.1992, coll. Xue Dayong, 1ɗ ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Yunnan), India (Khasia Hills).

Biology. Unknown.

Notes. “Two examples” were recorded in the original description, and Scoble (1999) recorded “ Syntypes 2ɗ (BMNH)”. But only one male was found in the collection of the BMNH. A lectotype is designated herein for P. o c e l l a t a to provide nomenclatural stability to this taxon.

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 22. Male genitalia. 17 – 18. E. robustaria. 17, From Thailand; 18, From Xishuangbanna Bubeng, Yunnan, China; 19, E. irrobustaria sp. nov.; 20, E. cognataria; 21, E. cuspidata sp. nov.; 22, Pseudepisothalma ocellata. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 23 – 33. 23. Female genitalia of E. robustaria. 24 – 29. Aedeagus of E. robustaria. 24, From Xishuangbanna Bubeng, Yunnan, China; 25, From Vietnam; 26, From South India; 27, From Hainan, China. 28, From Thailand; 29, From Xishuangbanna Bubeng, Yunnan, China; 30, E. irrobustaria sp. nov.; 31, E. cognataria; 32, E. cuspidata sp. nov.; 33. Pseudepisothalma ocellata. Scale bar = 1 mm.