Xanthomantis cornelia ( Staudinger, 1888 )

Behounek, G., Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2015, A revision of the genus Ta mb ana Moore, 1882 with description of eight new species and one subspecies (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, contribution XIII, Zootaxa 4048 (3), pp. 301-351 : 326-327

Xanthomantis cornelia ( Staudinger, 1888)

( Figs 131, 133, 135 )

Acronycta ? cornelia Staudinger, 1888 , Entomologische Zeitung. Entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin 49: 248. Type-locality: [ Russia Far East, Primory terr.] Askold Isl., Suifun. Syntypes: NKMB.

Synonymy: Diphthera honrathii Graeser, 1888 [1889], Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 32: 315. Type-locality: [ Russia Far East, Khabarovsk terr.] Raddefka. Syntypes ZI, St-Petersburgh).

References. Ahn, Kononenko & Weon 1996: 290, fig. 3 ( Xanthomantis ); Behounek, Han & Kononenko 2011: 16, fig. 41, genit. 44 male ( Xanthomantis ); Chen 1982: 237, fig. 1727 ( Trisuloides ); 1999: 59, Pl. 1:6, genit. 23 male ( Trisuloides ); Hacker & Zilli 2007: 227, genit. 23 male ( Xanthomantis ); Kononenko 2005: 132 ( Xanthomantis ); Kononenko 2010: 174, Pl. 21: 15, genit. 108: 4 male, 180: 2 female ( Xanthomantis ); Kononenko & Pinratana 2005: 132, Pl. 38: 12 ( Xanthomantis ); Kononenko & Han 2007: 85, genit. Pl. 80: 2 male, Pl. 230: 3 female ( Xanthomantis ); Kononenko, Ahn & Ronkay 1998: 176, fig. 453 ( Xanthomantis ); Warren 1909: 18 Pl. 4 row a ( Xanthomantis ).

Material examined. Types. Syntypes of Acronycta cornelia Staudinger (coll. NKMB) and syntypes of Diphthera honrathii Graeser (coll. ZISP). Other material examined. CHINA: 4 males, Prov. Shaanxi, Taibei Shan, Tsinling Mts., [Qinling], Foping Nature reserve, 1600 m, 33°51′N, 107°57′E, Sinyaev V. & Plutenko A. leg., 20.iv–11.v.1999, coll. GB/ ZSM. THAILAND: 1male, Prov. Chiang Mai, Mae Ai, Doi Phahompok, 2000 m, 22– 29.i.2004, T. Ihle leg., coll. AB; RUSSIA, Far-East: 1 male, Primorye terr., Lazovsky Nature reserve, Glazkova, Kljutschko Z. leg., 28.v.1991, coll. GB/ ZSM; 1 male Ussurijsk Distr., Suputinsky Nature reserve, 44°00′N, 132°E, collector unknown, 10.vii.1959, slide LK 99/77, coll. Kobes/ ZSM; 1 male, 1 female Russia, Primorye terr., Kedrovaya pad Nature reserve, 7–12.vi.1986, V. Kononenko leg., coll. IBSS.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 131 ). Wingspan 38–42 mm. Antennae of male bipectinate. Differs from X. contaminata by more acute shape of forewing, blackish with bluish tint wing colouration and more sharply defined wing pattern Head, thorax and forewing ground colour blackish-grey with little bluish tint, with black elements of wing pattern; subbasal line black, dentate; orbicular as black dot, encircled by black; reniform encircled by black postmedial line thin, forming two black marks in costal area; small white spot lies in the centre of medial field; subterminal line dentate, black, diffused inwardly; terminal field dark greyish with brown; cilia blackish-grey, pale opposite veins. Hindwing yellow, with distinct discal spot and blackish suffusion in distal angle and along outer margin of wing; cilia blackish.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 133 ). Uncus relatively thin, slightly extended medially and slightly bifurcate apically; transtilla with broad branches, juxta shield-like; vinculum relatively narrow; valva with narrow sacculus, strong straight harpe, pointed and tipped apically. Aedeagus relatively short, with sclerotised carina; vesica relatively short, projecting dorsally, bearing large subbasal patch of cornuti and two subapical patches.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 135 ). Ovipositor quadrangular, papillae anales relatively broad; anterior and posterior apophyses shorter, equal in length; antrum very wide, harrow and shallow; ductus bursae short; corpus bursae sacklike with large sclerotised patch in caudal part and moderate extension.

Distribution and bionomy. Russian Far East (Amur region, Khabarovsk and Primorye territories), Korea, China (Prov. Shaanxi), North Thailand. The species occurs in broad-leaved forests with oak. Moths fly in end of May and early June. Larvae feed on Quercus mongolica , Q. dentata (Fagaceae) and probably on other oak species.

Figures

FIGURES 131 – 136. Xanthomantis spp., adults (131, 132), male (133, 134) and female (135, 136) genitalia. 131. X. cornelia, Russia, Primorye (GB); 132. X. contaminata, China, Sichuan (PGM); 133. X. cornelia, Russia, Primorye, slide VK 268 (IBSS); 134. X. contaminata, China, Shaanxi, slide VK 1758 (ZFMK); 135. X. cornelia, Russia, Primorye, slide VK 267 (IBSS); 138. X. contaminata, South Korea, slide VK 01295 / 2 (IBSS).