Olepa ricini (Fabricius, 1775)

Zhang, Yulong, Huang, Siyao & Wang, Min, 2022, First record of the genus Olepa Watson, 1980 from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 78167-78167 : 78167

Olepa ricini (Fabricius, 1775)

Bombyx ricini Fabricius 1775: 583 (Type locality: India)

Alope ricini Moore, 1882: 70

Pericallia ricini Hampson, 1901, 350

Olepa ricini Watson, 1980:133

Olepa (Ricinia) ricini ; Singh & Singh, 2013:276

Olepa neumuthi Orhant, 2012:61, synonymised by Singh & Singh, 2013

Olepa schleini Witt et al., 2005:102 (Type locality: Israel, Tel Aviv North), syn. nov.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: S.Y. Huang; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: SCAU: Ole 02; Taxon: scientificName: Olepa ricini (Fabricius, 1775); order: Lepidoptera ; family: Erebidae ; genus: Olepa ; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location : country: China; stateProvince: Guangdong; county: Guangzhou ; locality: campus of South China Agricultural University ; Event : eventDate: 14-Sep- 2021 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: S.Y. Huang; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: SCAU: Ole 01; Taxon: scientificName: Olepa ricini (Fabricius, 1775); order: Lepidoptera ; family: Erebidae ; genus: Olepa ; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location : country: China; stateProvince: Guangdong; county: Guangzhou ; locality: campus of South China Agricultural University ; Event : eventDate: 24-Sep- 2020 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Y.X Hou; sex: 1 males; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: SCAU: Ole 03; Taxon: scientificName: Olepa ricini (Fabricius, 1775); order: Lepidoptera ; family: Erebidae ; genus: Olepa ; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location : country: China; stateProvince: Guangdong; county: Guangzhou ; locality: campus of South China Agricultural University ; Event : eventDate: 1-Oct- 2021 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: L.P. Zhou; sex: 1 males; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: SCAU: Ole 04; Taxon: scientificName: Olepa ricini (Fabricius, 1775); order: Lepidoptera ; family: Erebidae ; genus: Olepa ; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location : country: China; stateProvince: Hainan; locality: Yinggeling Natural Reserve ; Event : eventDate: 13-Jul- 2020 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: P. Qin; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: SCAU: Ole 05; Taxon: scientificName: Olepa ricini (Fabricius, 1775); order: Lepidoptera ; family: Erebidae ; genus: Olepa ; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location : country: China; stateProvince: Guangdong; county: Guangzhou ; locality: campus of South China Agricultural University ; Event : eventDate: 14-Oct-2021

Description

Male (Fig. 1 ): Length of forewing 20 mm. Antenna, head and thorax brownish-grey; tegula yellow; patagium covered with brownish-grey hair; abdomen scarlet with elongated black spots of various length on the dorsal side. Forewing ground colour dark brown, with six transverse bands comprised of irregular blackish-brown spots. Cilia chequered. Hind-wing ground colour red with black patterns; antemedian band extending from costal zone to dorsum, gradually narrowing; median band obsolete, extending from costa to upper angle of cell; postmedian band thick, running from costa to tornus and interrupted in cell M2; marginal line serrate, extending from apex to vein CuA1. Venation (Fig. 2 ): Forewing: Sc free, extending to 2/3 of costa, R1 extending from near the upper corner of the median cell, R2, R3, R4 and R5 stalked, R3 and R4 stalked; M1 extending from the upper corner of the median cell, M2, M3 and CuA1 originating from the lower corner of the median cell; CuA2 originating from almost the mid-point of the cubitus; 1A originating from wing base. Hind-wing: Sc+R1 originating from nearly the mid-point of the upper edge of the median cell; Rs arising beyond the upper angle of the cell, M1 arising just at the upper angle of the cell; M2, M3 and CuA1 all arising near or at the lower angle of the cell; CuA2 arising from nearly the midpoint of cubitus; 2A and 1A free.

Male genitalia (Fig. 3 ): uncus relatively long and broad and gradually narrowed towards the distal end; tegumen narrow with a semi-oval dorsal plate; juxta shield-like; saccus nearly U-shaped and short; valva moderately broad with its tip curved inwardly; phallus long and slightly S-like curved, carinal plate with a horn-shaped protrusion, vesica broad, with several clusters of small cornuti.

Female: unknown.

Distribution

China (new record), Thailand, India, Israel.

Figures

Figure 1. Adult of Olepa ricini (Fabricius, 1775) (♂).

Figure 2. Wing venation of Olepa ricini.

Figure 3. Male genitalia of Olepa ricini. A. lateral view of genitalia capsule; B. genitalia capsule flattened; C. phallus.