Herpetogramma magna (Butler, 1879)

Lu, Xiao-Qiang, Wan, Ji-Ping & Du, Xi-Cui, 2019, Three new species of Herpetogramma Lederer (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from China, ZooKeys 865, pp. 67-85 : 77-78

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.865.35111

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scientific name

Herpetogramma magna (Butler, 1879)
status

 

Herpetogramma magna (Butler, 1879) Figs 11 View Figures 3–12 , 12 View Figures 3–12 , 31-35 View Figures 21–35

Samea magna Butler, 1879: 74. fig. 2.

Sylepta [sic] magna : Hampson 1898: 723.

Syllepte magna : Inoue 1955: 175.

Herpetogramma magna : Yamanaka 1960: 322.

Material examined.

China, Chongqing: 1 ♂, Chengkou County, Mingzhong Town, 1500 m, 19.VII.2017, leg. Ji-Ping Wan; 2 ♂♂, Chengkou County, Dongan Town, Renhe Village, 1100 m, 28.VI.2013, leg. Gui-Qing He & Li-Jun Xu; 2 ♂♂, Chengkou County, Dongan Town, Xingtian Village, 1300 m, 1.VII.2013, leg. Gui-Qing He & Li-Jun Xu; Sichuan: 47 ♂, 7 ♀♀, Nanjiang, Guangwu Mountain, 900 m, 8-9.VII.2013, leg. Gui-Qing He & Li-Jun Xu; 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Ya’an, Baoxing, Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve, 2180 m, 1-3.VIII.2016, leg. Ji-Ping Wan; 4 ♂♂, Anzihe Nature Reserve, 1312 m, 11-15. VII.2016, leg. Ji-Ping Wan; 2 ♂♂, 1♀, Anzihe Nature Reserve, 1312 m, 4-5.VIII.2015, leg. Xi-Cui Du; 1 ♀, Mabian,Yonghong, 1500 m, 23.VII.2004, leg. Ying-Dang Ren (NKU); 1 ♀, Shimian, Tuanjie Village, 1650 m, 24.VIII.2016, leg. Jian-Yue Qiu & Hao Xu; Yunnan: 2 ♂♂, Lijiang, Ninglang, Xichuan Town, 2400 m,31.VII.2013, leg. Gui-Qing He; 1 ♀, Tengchong, Dahaoping Town, 2020 m, 5.VIII.2007, leg. Dan-Dan Zhang; Liaoning: 2 ♂♂, 1♀, Huanren, Laotuding, 29.VII.2012, leg. Dan-Dan Zhang & Li-Jun Yang; Jilin: 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, Yanbian, Antu, Wanbao Town, 24.VII.2012, leg. Dan-Dan Zhang; 1 ♂, Linjiang, Huashan Town, Laosandui, 25.VII.2012, leg. Li-Jun Yang; Hubei: 1 ♀, Wufeng, Maopin Village, 1175 m, 11.IX.2012, leg. Jin-Wei Li; 2 ♂♂, Xianfeng, Pingbaying, 1280 m, 21.VII.1999, leg. Hou-Hun Li (NKU); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Enshi, Xingdou Mountain, Sanxian, 1200 m, 2.VIII.2012, leg. Jun Zhang; Shaanxi: 1 ♀, Yingtou Town, Haopingsi, 1251 m, 17.VII.2012, leg. Jin-Wei Li; 1 ♀, Taibai, Huangbaiyuan Town, 19.VIII.2014, leg. Kai-Li Liu & Jiu-Yang Luo. Genitalia slide no.: DXC06205, DXC06548, WJP17414, WJP17416.

Diagnosis.

Adult ( Figs 11 View Figures 3–12 , 12 View Figures 3–12 ): Wings brown or dark brown tinged with faint yellow, lines and spots dark brown. Forewing with faint yellow between orbicular spot and discoidal spot, postmedial line excurved and pointedly serrated from M1 to CuA2, adjoined by a serrated light-yellow line outside. Male genitalia ( Figs 31-33 View Figures 21–35 ): Uncus narrowed, distal 1/3 bearing dorsal setae, apex pointed. Valva subfusiform, densely ciliated and bearing a lamellate basal projection ( Fig. 32 View Figures 21–35 ). Phallus with a cluster of long spinose cornuti gathered to subfusiform, ca. 1/4 the length of the phallus ( Fig. 33 View Figures 21–35 ). Female genitalia ( Figs 34 View Figures 21–35 , 35 View Figures 21–35 ): Corpus bursae nearly pear-shaped. Signum nearly square, slightly depressed along diagonal axis ( Fig. 35 View Figures 21–35 ).

Distribution.

China (Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Liaoning, Jilin, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Taiwan), Korea, Japan, India, Sri Lanka ( Hampson 1898; Bae et al. 2008; Du 2008).

Remarks.

The identification of this species was based on the description and photographs of external morphology and genitalia ( Butler 1879; Inoue 1982; Bae et al. 2008; Sasaki and Yamanaka 2013).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Crambidae

Genus

Herpetogramma