Gandhara conica ( Fang, 2000 ) Volynkin & Černý & Huang & Hu, 2023

Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel, Huang, Si-Yao & Hu, Hua-Lin, 2023, Taxonomic review of the Oriental genus Gandhara Moore with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5374 (3), pp. 390-408 : 398

Gandhara conica ( Fang, 2000) , comb. n.

( Figs 17, 18 , 37 , 45 )

Eilema conica Fang, 2000 , Fauna Sinica. Insecta , 19: 268, 541, text fig. 187; pl. 12: fig. 32 (Type locality: [SW China, Sichuan, Mount Emei] “ Sichuan Emeishan , 800–1000m ”).

Material examined. MAINLAND CHINA: 2 males, 2 females, Wuy Shan , Jiangxi /Fujian border, 50 km SE of Yingtan, 27°56’N 117°25’E, 1600m, April 2002, Sinyaev & local coll. leg., gen. prep. Nos.: ZSM Arct. 2019-1083 (male), ZSM Arct. 2019-1118 (female) (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 12.0 mm in males and 13.0 mm in females. The male genital capsule of the species is similar to G. jieenchenae but has a somewhat longer and broader dorsal section of the valva, and a more rectangular vinculum. The phallus of G. conica is slightly narrower distally. The vesica of G. conica differs from G. jieenchenae in the lack of the proximal diverticulum, and the distal diverticulum situated dorsally whereas it is situated laterally in the latter species. Compared to G. jieenchenae , the female genitalia of G. conica have a shorter apophysis posterioris, a longer posterior section of the corpus bursae, and almost equal signa bursae whereas in G. jieenchenae one of the signa is considerably larger than the second one.

Distribution. Southwest and South China (Sichuan and Fujiang/ Jiangxi border).

Figures

FIGURES 17–24. Gandhara (17–20) and Collita (21–24) spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 17, 18, 22 and 23 in MWM/ZSM; 19 and 20 in NMNS (photos by S. Wu); 21 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 24 in SZMN (photo by V.V. Dubatolov).

FIGURES 35–38. Gandhara spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 35, 37 and 38 in MWM/ZSM; 36 in MfN.

FIGURES 43–46. Gandhara spp.: female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 43 and 45 in MWM/ZSM; 44 in MfN; 46 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK).