Leucoma sericea ( Moore, 1879 )

Xie, Linzhe, Wang, Ming, Chen, Yusi & Wang, Houshuai, 2022, Review of the genus Leucoma Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from China, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5115 (3), pp. 361-380 : 369

Leucoma sericea ( Moore, 1879)

( Figs 13–14 , 25 , 33 )

Stilpnotia sericea Moore, 1879: 45 ; Chao, 1978: 55.

Caviria sericea horridula Collenette, 1934a: 114 .

Leucoma sericea horridula: Collenette, 1938: 220 .

Leucoma horridula: Chao, 2003: 289 .

Leucoma sericea: Swinhoe, 1922: 460 ; Holloway, 1999: 108; Wang et al., 2015: 583.

Diagnosis. The species resembles L. melanoscela in external characters, but can be clearly distinguished from the latter by the following characters: thorax with a pair of black spots dorsally; hid tarsi white; aedeagus broader distally; female genitalia with a shorter ductus.

Material examined. 1♀, Emei mountain, Emeishan County, Leshan City , Sichuan, 20.VII.2020, leg. L.Z. Xie. 1♀, Mao’er mountain, Xing’an County, Guilin City , Guangxi, 10.VII.2020, leg. L.Z. Xie. 1♂, Beibeng Village, Medog County, Nyingchi City , Tibet, 14.VII.2017, leg. M. Wang. 4♂, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Ruyuan County, Shaoguan City , Guangdong, 1–4. VI.2016, leg. H.S. Wang.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Tibet) India, Malaysia.

Figures

FIGURES 11‒18. Adults. 11–12. L. melanoscela (11. male, SCAU; 12. female, SCAU); 13–14. L. sericea (13. male, SCAU; 14. femal, SCAU); 15–16. L. nyingchiensis sp. nov. (15. male, holotype, SCAU; 16. male, paratype, SCAU); 17–18. L. sichuana sp. nov. (17. male, holotype, SCAU; 18. male, paratype, SCAU). Scale bar = 10mm.

FIGURES 25–29. Male genitalia. 25. L. sericea; 26. L. melanoscela; 27. L. ochripes; 28. L. nyingchiensis sp. nov. (holotype); 29. L. sichuana sp. nov. (holotype).

FIGURES 30–35. Female genitalia. 30. L. candida; 31. L. parallela; 32. L. chrysoscela; 33. L. sericea; 34. L. melanoscela; 35. L. sichuana sp. nov. (paratype).