Psyra moderata Inoue, 1982

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 : 466-467

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

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:50B82368-6A4F-4B43-BF99-493AAEDFEC4B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6157898

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Psyra moderata Inoue, 1982
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Psyra moderata Inoue, 1982 View in CoL

Figs 15 View FIGURES 1 – 24 , 33 View FIGURES 33 – 39 , 46 View FIGURES 40 – 52 , 60 View FIGURES 53 – 63 , 69

Psyra moderata Inoue, 1982a View in CoL , Bull. Fac. domestic Sci., Otsuma Woman‘s Univ., 18: 190 fig. 51b. Holotype 3, Nepal: near Nilgiri, lete, 2400 m (BMNH).

Material examined. NEPAL ( BMNH): 13 (Holotype), Lete, 2400 m near Nilgiri, C. Nepal, 23.VI.1969, coll. T. Miyashita, Inoue Coll., B.M.1992-71 ( Geometridae genitalia slide no. 16391); 1Ƥ, Kalbani, 2400 m, Kaligandaki, C-Nepal, 12.VII.1969, coll. T. Miyashita, Inoue Coll., BM 1992-71 (Inoue slide no. 9068). CHINA: Tibet ( IZCAS): 1Ƥ, Gyirong, Xiao Gyirong, 2800 m, 25.VII.1975, coll. Wang Ziqing (slide no. Geom-1990).

Diagnosis. P. moderata resembles P. similaria in having smaller antemedial and postmedial black patches: these patches are elongate in P. moderata , but appear as small dots in P. similaria . The male genitalia are similar to those of P. boarmiata , P. conferta and P. fulvaria . They can be distinguished by the following features: the uncus of P. m o d e r a t a is narrower than that of P. conferta ; the distal part of the valva is less up-curved than in P. boarmiata , and the gnathos is narrower than that of P. fulvaria ; the aedeagus shares one bundle of spines on the vesica with P. conferta , P. crypta and P. fulvaria , but the spines are longer than in P. conferta . The female genitalia are close to those of P. similaria and P. conferta , but the ductus bursae is narrower than in P. conferta , and the antrum is longer than in P. s i m i l a r i a.

Distribution. China (Tibet), Nepal; newly recorded here for China.

IZCAS

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Psyra

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Psyra moderata Inoue, 1982

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

Psyra moderata

Inoue 1982
1982
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