Psyra spurcataria Walker, 1863

Liu, Zulian, Xue, Dayong, Wang, Wenkai & Han, Hongxiang, 2013, A review of Psyra Walker, 1860 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China, with description of one new species, Zootaxa 3682 (3), pp. 459-474 : 469-470

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.3.7

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6157904

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scientific name

Psyra spurcataria Walker, 1863
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Psyra spurcataria Walker, 1863 View in CoL

Figs 18–19 View FIGURES 1 – 24 , 36 View FIGURES 33 – 39 , 49 View FIGURES 40 – 52 , 62 View FIGURES 53 – 63 , 71, 73

Psyra spurcataria Walker, 1863 , List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Brit. Mus., 26: 1498. Lectotype 3, India: Darjeeling (BMNH).

Zethenia florida Bastelberger, 1911 View in CoL , Ent. Rdsch., 28: 22. Lectotype 3, China: Formosa [ Taiwan]: Arisan (DEI).

Material examined. INDIA ( BMNH): 3 (Lectotype), Darjiling, 60. 15, 8.IX, BMNH (E) #1008394; 13, Dharmsala, 87.59, BMNH (E) #1008395. CHINA: Guangxi ( IZCAS): 1Ƥ, Xingan, Miaoer Shan, 1500 m, 9.X.1983, coll. Sun Yonglin (slide no. Geom-1996). Sichuan ( IZCAS): 13, Emei Shan, 19.VI.1955; 13, Emei Shan, Qingyinge, 800–1000 m, 26.IV.1957, coll. Zhu Fuxing; 13, Emei Shan, Jiulaodong, 1800–1900 m, 28.VII.1957, coll. Huang Keren (slide no. Geom-1988); 1Ƥ, Guanxian, Qingcheng Shan, 700–1600 m, 29.V.1979, coll. Gao Ping. Yunnan ( IZCAS): 1Ƥ, Yingjiang, 1700 m, 17.IV.1980, coll. Song Shimei; 1Ƥ, Cangyuan, 750 m, 22.V.1979, coll. Shang Jinwen; 13, Yunlong, 1640 m, 30.VIII.1982, coll. Du Qian; 1Ƥ, Yunlong, Tianchi, 2800 m, 9.VIII.1982, coll. Du Qian; 13, Binchuan, Jizu Shan, 2860 m, 6.IX.1980; 13, Tengchong, Dahaoping, 2020 m, 24–26.V.1992, coll. Xue Dayong. Tibet ( IZCAS): 1Ƥ, Zham, 2800 m, 3.VIII.1975, coll. Huang Fusheng.

Diagnosis. The wing pattern of P. spurcataria is almost identical to that of P. crypta ( Nepal) , except that the postmedial line on the hindwing is less serrate than in P. crypta . The male genitalia share a very slender uncus and median process of the gnathos with P. crypta , while the median process of the gnathos is much shorter; this process is much longer than the uncus in P. crypta , while shorter in P. spurcataria ; the eighth sternite of the male is distinctive in having a pair of processes, which are absent in all the other species whose male genitalia are known in this genus. The female genitalia share a distinct lamella postvaginalis with P. crypta , which consists of a pair of small blunt processes, rather than a semicircular sclerite as in other species; the antrum is longer; and the ductus bursae longer and narrower than those of P. crypta .

Distribution. China ( Taiwan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet), India, Nepal.

IZCAS

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Psyra

Loc

Psyra spurcataria Walker, 1863

Liu, Zulian, Xue, Dayong, Wang, Wenkai & Han, Hongxiang 2013
2013
Loc

Zethenia florida

Bastelberger 1911
1911
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