Calletaera subexpressa (Walker, 1861)

Jiang, Nan, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2014, A review of Luxiaria Walker and its allied genus Calletaera Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China, Zootaxa 3856 (1), pp. 73-99 : 85-86

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.1.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6137579

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scientific name

Calletaera subexpressa (Walker, 1861)
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Calletaera subexpressa (Walker, 1861) View in CoL

Figs 39–41 View FIGURES 29 – 47 , 61 View FIGURES 60 – 64 , 78, 84, 96 View FIGURES 77 – 98 , 110 View FIGURES 107 – 113

Acidalia subexpressa Walker, 1861 , List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Brit. Mus., 23: 773. Syntypes including 1 ♂, Borneo: Sarawak (OUM).

Macaria ruptaria Walker, 1861 , List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Brit. Mus., 23: 937. Syntypes including 1 ♂, Borneo: Sarawak (OUM).

Calletaera digrammata Wehrli, 1925 View in CoL , Mitt. münch. ent. Ges., 15 (1–5): 50, pl. 1, fig. 19. Syntypes 10 ♂, 14♀, China: Lienping (ZFMK). Syn. nov.

Calletaera angulata Warren, 1896 View in CoL , Novit. zool., 3: 139. Syntypes, India: Khasi Hills (BMNH).

Calletaera subexpressa: Holloway, 1976 View in CoL , Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mount Kinabalu: 78.

Diagnosis. The wing patterns of this species are similar to those of B. basipuncta as follows: the antemedial line of the forewing forms a distinct black patch on the costa; the discal spots of both wings are small black dot-like; the postmedial line of the forewing is narrow and discontinuous, but not dot-like; broad bands are present outside the postmedial lines of both wings; the postmedial line of the forewing forms two “<” shaped streaks near the anal margin; the submarginal lines of both wings are serrate. But B. subexpressa can be separated from B. basipuncta on the basis of the following characters: the wing colour is greyish white, but pale yellowish brown in B. basipuncta ; the postmedial lines of both wings are black, but brown in B. subexpressa . The male genitalia of the species are distinctive as follows: the aedeagus has a small triangular process posteriorly; the vesica has three cornuti, a long and stout spine (about one-third length of the aedeagus), a rounded lobe with a short spine and a cluster of spines. The female genitalia of the species have some distinctive characters as follows: the lamella postvaginalis is very small and semicircular; the signum is large and rounded; the seventh sternite is weakly sclerotized posteriorly.

Material examined. CHINA: [Guangdong] ( ZFMK): 1 ♂ (Syntype of Calletaera digrammata ), Lienping, Juli. Fujian ( IZCAS): 1♀, Chong’an, 22.X.1980, coll. Zhang Baolin; 4 ♂ 1♀, Wuyishan, Huangxizhou, 500 m, 29.VII.2006, coll. Xie Juan et al.; 2 ♂ 2♀, Wuyishan, Sangang, 704 m, 25–26.VII.2006, 11–14.VIII.2009, coll. Xue Dayong & Yang Chao. Guangdong ( IZCAS): 5 ♂ 6♀, Shixing, Chebaling, 365–401 m, 22–26.VII.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang. Hainan ( IZCAS): 1 ♂, Bawangling, 145 m, 8.IV.2008, coll. Lang Songyun. Guangxi ( IZCAS): 1 ♂, Jinxiu, Luoxiang, 200 m, 4.V.1999, coll. Han Hongxiang.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi), India, Nepal, Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia (Borneo).

Remarks. After examining the syntype of B. digrammata Wehrli, 1925 and a series of material collected near the type localities, we find that the external and genitalic features of C. digrammata are nearly identical to those of C. subexpressa . Therefore we sink B. digrammata as a junior synonym of C. subexpressa .

ZFMK

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

IZCAS

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Calletaera

Loc

Calletaera subexpressa (Walker, 1861)

Jiang, Nan, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang 2014
2014
Loc

Calletaera subexpressa:

Holloway 1976
1976
Loc

Calletaera digrammata

Wehrli 1925
1925
Loc

Calletaera angulata

Warren 1896
1896
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