Manulea (Tortrilema) postmaculosa (Matsumura, 1927)

Volynkin, Anton V., 2021, Tortrilema, a new subgenus of the genus Manulea Wallengren with description of a new species from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 48, pp. 9-17 : 16

Manulea (Tortrilema) postmaculosa (Matsumura, 1927)

( Figs 7, 8 , 14, 17 )

Lithosia postmaculosa Matsumura, 1927 , Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, 19 (1): 66, pl. 5, fig. 9 (Type locality: [ Taiwan, Nantou County, Meiyuan] Formosa , Baibara ).

Type material examined. Photograph of the holotype: female, “Baibara, Y. Saito Kikuchi” / “ Lithosia postmaculosa ” / red label “Type Matsumura” ( EIHU) .

Other material examined: long series of both sexes from Taoyuan, Pingtung, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Nantou, Ilan , Chiayi and Taipei Counties of Taiwan ( MWM / ZSM) .

Distribution. The species is endemic to Taiwan Island ( Fang 2000 partim; Chang 1989; Heppner 2012, as Eilema costipuncta postmaculosa ; Volynkin & Saldaitis 2021).

Figures

Figures 1–8. Manulea (Tortrilema subgen. n.): adults. Depositories of the specimens: 1, 2 and 5–8 in MWM/ZSM; 3 and 4 in AFM.

Figures 13–17. Manulea (Tortrilema subgen. n.): male (13, 14) and female (15–17) genitalia. The specimens dissected are deposited in MWM/ZSM.