Deuveia banghaasi (Hering, 1932)

Huang, Si-Yao, Wang, Min, Da, Wa & Fan, Xiao-Ling, 2019, New discoveries of the family Epicopeiidae from China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae), ZooKeys 822, pp. 33-51 : 42-44

Deuveia banghaasi (Hering, 1932) Figs 31-32, 33, 34, 35-36

Amana banghaasi Hering, 1932: 28.

Deuveia banghaasi (Hering): Minet 2003: 467, figs 1, 7, 9, 12-17.

Material examined.

1 female, altitude 1500-1800 m, 5.VI.2018, Yueheping, Ningshan County, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, leg. Li-ping Zhou; 1 male, 1400-1600 m, 6.VI.2018, Liuba County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, leg. Li-ping Zhou; 1 male, altitude 2700 m, 17.VI.2016, Li County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, leg. Hao Huang; 5 males, 22-24.VI.2017, altitude 2600 m, Pingwu County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, leg. Shu-qin Ji; 3 males, altitude 2600 m, 21.VII.2015, Lazikou, Diebu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, leg. Si-yao Huang.

Diagnosis.

Deuveia banghaasi is unique among epicopeiid moths for forewing having three broad yellow stripes and hindwing with yellowish ground color and unmistakable black patterns. The female (Fig. 32) is recorded for the first time and a description is given below, the male (Fig. 31) has already been described precisely by Minet (2003).

Description.

Female. Length of forewing 19 mm, female differs from male in having forewing termen more rounded, postmedian band on forewing upper side broader and longer, and hindwing discoidal cell with less black scale. Forewing ground color black, cilia blackish brown; upper side with three yellowish broad stripes, the basal one extending from wing base across the base of discoidal cell and ending at tornus; the median one extending from middle of the costa and ending at tornus; the postmedian one extending from costa near apex and ending at vein CuA1. Hindwing ground color orange yellow, cilia yellow from apex to vein CuA1, and black from vein CuA1 to dorsum, patterns blackish. Median band extending from vein Sc+R1 to distal end of discoidal cell, ending in a long stripe connected to wing base; postmedian band consisted of separated square spots extending from vein Sc+R1 to dorsum, and ending in a long stripe connected to wing base. Marginal band consisted of separated rounded spots extending from apex to tornus.

Female genitalia (Figs 33, 34). Papillae anales small, slightly sclerotized, rounded in lateral view. Apophyses posteriores moderately long, Apophyses anteriores short and broad, triangular in lateral view. Antrum broad, sclerotized. Ostium bursae narrower than antrum. Lamella antevaginalis strongly sclerotized, triangular in lateral view and broad shield-like in ventral view. Lamella postvaginalis strongly sclerotized, rounded in lateral view and rectangular in ventral view, its edge deeply concave in the middle and forming a V-shaped gap. Ductus bursae slightly sclerotized, short and stout. Corpus bursae membranous, large and oval in lateral view, with a sclerotized blade-like signum in the middle. Appendix bursae presents, globular in lateral view.

Biology.

This species is usually found at edge of evergreen broad-leaved forest (Fig. 35) and conifer-broadleaf forest (Fig. 36) in altitude ranging from 1500 m to 3000 m. The flying period is from early June to late July. Adults usually come out around middle of the day when sunshine is abundant and flying slowly.

Distribution.

China (Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi).