Cabardites pica ( Wileman, 1911 )

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2021, Cabardites, a new genus for the “ Adites ” maculata (Poujade, 1886) species-group with descriptions of five new species from northern Indochina and eastern China (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4915 (4), pp. 529-546 : 537

Cabardites pica ( Wileman, 1911) , stat. & comb. n.

( Figs 5–10 , 33–34 , 48 )

Asura pica Wileman, 1911 , The Entomologist 44: 111 (Type locality: [ Taiwan, Tainan, Guanziling] “from Kanshirei (1000 ft.)”).

= Parasiccia fuscipennis Hampson, 1914 Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum (Suppl.) 1: 722, pl. 37, fig. 33 (Type locality: [ Taiwan, Tainan, Guanziling] “ Formosa, Kanshirei ”), syn. n.

Type material examined. Holotype (by monotypy) of Asura pica ( Fig. 5 ): female, “ ♀ Kanshirei , Formosa. 1,000 ft. 22.IX.1906. A.E. Wileman ”/“ Asura pica sp. n. Type ♀ ”/“695”/“Wileman Coll. B.M. 1929-261”/red ring “Type” label/QR-code label with a unique number “ NHMUK010598496 ” (Coll. NHMUK) . Holotype (by monotypy) of Parasiccia fuscipennis ( Fig. 6 ): male, “ Formosa. Kanshirei. 5.V.1908. A.E. Wileman. 1913-180”/“ Parasiccia fuscipennis type ♁ Hmpsn.”/red ring label “Type H. T.”/QR-code label with a unique number “ NHMUK010598097 ” (Coll. NHMUK) .

Additional material examined. TAIWAN: 2 males, Prov. Taichung, Anmashan , lower forest zone, 1650m, 20. VI .1997, leg. B. Herczig & L. Ronkay, slides MWM 36214, MWM 36216 Volynkin ( Coll. MWM / ZSM) ; 1 male, Prov. Taichung, An-ma-Shan, Hooping , 2000m, 1–2. VI .1997, leg. S. T. Kovács , slide MWM 36147 Volynkin ( Coll. MWM / ZSM) ; 1 male, Prov. Ping-Tung , 10 km SE of Mutan, 470m, 07–10.III.1996, leg. Gy. Fábián & L. Németh, slide MWM 36215 Volynkin ( Coll. MWM / ZSM) ; 1 female, Prov. Ping-Tung, Huang-Lion Forest Recreation Area , 210m, 06.III.1996, leg. Gy. Fábián & L. Németh (Coll. MWM / ZSM) ; 4 females, Prov. Taipei, 10 km NE Pinglin, Pihou , 550m, 01. VI.1997, leg. Gy. M. László & G. László, slide MWM 37048 Volynkin ( Coll. MWM / ZSM) ; 1 male, Prov. Taipei, Pi Hu , 410m, 22. VI.1997, leg. B. Herczig & L. Ronkay (Coll. MWM / ZSM) ; 1 female, Prov. Ilan, 1200m, Ming Chyr Forest Recreation Area , 8–9.VII.1997, leg. B. Herczig & L. Ronkay (Coll. MWM / ZSM) .

Remark. Parasiccia fuscipennis Hampson, 1914 described from the same locality as Asura pica was considered as a valid species by Strand (1922) and Wang (1994). However, it obviously represents a dark form of C. pica .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 8–11 mm in both sexes. Cabardites pica differs externally from the sympatric C. limbata by its darker, blackish brown forewing ground color, and much darker, greyish brown or blackish brown hind wing with a slight yellowish suffusion along the outer margin. The male genital capsule of C. pica differs from that of C. limbata by its more rectangular vinculum (that is rather U-shaped in C. limbata ), and narrower valva with a larger distal costal process. The aedeagus of C. pica is shorter than that of C. limbata in comparison with the genital capsule; its proximal half is conspicuously narrower and less curved. The aedeagus vesica of C. pica is conspicuously narrower than that of C. limbata , its dorsal diverticulum is shorter and narrower and lacks a series of robust spines; the medial section of vesica bears a bunch of short spines laterally, and the distal diverticulum bears a narrow cluster of small spinules, whereas in C. limbata the vesica lacks clusters of spines and spinules medially and distally, only one small spine may be present medially. The female genitalia of C. pica are similar to those of C. limbata , but the ostium bursae is narrower, the posterior section of ductus bursae is conspicuously narrowed (in C. limbata the whole ductus bursae is slightly and evenly narrowed posteriorly), the medial section of corpus bursae bears more robust spinules, and the appendix bursae is triangular (that is sack-like in C. limbata ).

Distribution. Endemic to Taiwan Island.

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Cabardites spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 1, 5, 6 in NHMUK (©); 2–4 and 7–10 in MWM/ ZSM.

FIGURES 31–34. Cabardites spp.: male genitalia. The specimens are deposited in MWM/ZSM.

FIGURES 47–50. Cabardites spp.: female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens: 47, 48, 50 in MWM/ZSM; 49 in NHMUK (©).