Gaurenoglaea alternata, Ronkay, Ronkay, Gyulai & Hacker, 2010

Guo, Liang, Yan, Qian, Wang, Min & Da, Wa, 2024, A review of the genus Gaurenoglaea Ronkay, Ronkay, Gyulai & Hacker, 2010 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) with description of a new species from Xizang Autonomous Region, China, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 141076-e 141076 : e141076-

Gaurenoglaea alternata

Materials

Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: recordedBy: local collecter; sex: male; occurrenceID: D1FEFD17-B5EF-5828-B38D-058E84300C9F; Taxon: namePublishedIn: Ronkay G., Ronkay L., Gyulai P., Hacker H. 2010. Esperiana , 15: 281. fig. 66 (male genitalia), pl. 53, fig. 3 (adult); Location: country: China; stateProvince: Sichuan; locality: Volong Reserve, Siguliang Shan ; verbatimLatitude: 31 ° 09 ′ N; verbatimLongitude: 103 ° 20 ′ E; Event: year: 2004; month: 12; day: 1-31; Record Level: institutionCode: PGM

Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Floriani & Saldaitis; sex: 2 males, 1 female; occurrenceID: EFBBEA4E-3E1E-54A0-9512-B7DCE1661D09; Taxon: namePublishedIn: Ronkay G., Ronkay L., Gyulai P., Hacker H. 2010. Esperiana , 15: 281. fig. 66 (genitalia), pl. 53, fig. 3 (adult); Location: country: China; stateProvince: Sichuan; locality: road Ya'an-Kangding, Erlang Shan Mt. ; verbatimElevation: 2100 m; verbatimLatitude: 29 ° 51 ′ N; verbatimLongitude: 102 ° 18 ′ E; Event: year: 2009; month: 10; day: 11; Record Level: institutionCode: HNHM

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 2 males; occurrenceID: 14A326CF-08D4-50CE-9456-ABC15D026A74; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Sichuan; Record Level: institutionCode: PGM

Diagnosis

This species (Fig. 3) is similar in appearance to two other Gaurenoglaea species. It can be identified by the forewing cilia of the outer margin. The cilia are not truly chequered, the ochreous parts of the cilia are crescent-shaped and they connect in a wavy line. Regarding the aedeagus (Fig. 4 e , f ), the ventral carinal bar is more developed than G. misconspicua , but inferior to G. medogensis , while the ventro-lateral plate is the most developed.

Distribution

This species is known from two localities in west of Sichuan (Mount Siguniang and Mount Erlang), China (Fig. 7 ).

Notes

There is some evidence suggesting that some specimens produced in Sichuan that were once identified as G. alternata are actually G. medogensis and we need more specimens from Sichuan to confirm this.

Figures

Figure 7. Distribution map of the genus Gaurenoglaea in the current study.

Figure 4 e. G. alternata, holotype, W. Sichuan, China (slide RL 8871 m);

Figure 4 f. G. alternata, paratype, W. Sichuan, China (slide RL 9985 m).